Remote Software Engineer (Contract) - AI/Backend & SecOps

YO AI Labs; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Software Engineer for a contract role focused on training and evaluating next-generation AI systems. The job suits developers who can reason through unfamiliar codebases, explain engineering decisions clearly, and solve practical backend, full-stack, or systems problems.

Required: 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience and proficiency in backend or full-stack environments (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Java, C++, Go or Rust).

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Experience with backend or full-stack environments.
• Ability to explain engineering decisions clearly.
• Comfortable reading and reasoning through unfamiliar codebases.

Responsibilities

• Work on backend, full-stack, infrastructure projects.
• Review, debug, and explain code across environments.
• Design or evaluate APIs, databases, services, and deployments.
• Assess tradeoffs for scalability, performance, security, and DX.
• Communicate technical reasoning in writing.
• Collaborate with customer team on reviews and decisions.
• Adapt quickly to new codebases and requirements.

Skills

Backend/Full-stack

APIs &Databases

Code Review &Debugging

Clear technical communication

Tools

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

Java

C++

Go

Rust

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Software Engineer for a contract role focused on training and evaluating next-generation AI systems. The job suits developers who can reason through unfamiliar codebases, explain engineering decisions clearly, and solve practical backend, full-stack, or systems problems.

Required: 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience and proficiency in backend or full-stack environments (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Java, C++, Go or Rust).