Senior Software Engineer - Agent Evaluation

aitrainer; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 47.779 - 71.669; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Aitrainer seeks experienced professionals to connect with project-based AI opportunities focused on evaluating coding agents. You'll design tasks that challenge AI capabilities and validate their solutions.

Ideal candidates have over 5 years in software development, robust skills in Python and JavaScript, and experience writing software tests. Compensation reaches up to $60/hr based on performance.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years in software development.
• Experience writing tests for software applications.
• Proficient in Python and JavaScript technologies.

Aufgaben

• Build realistic developer environments with codebase and context.
• Design tasks to evaluate AI coding agents' capabilities.
• Write and validate tests for agent solutions based on QA feedback.

Kenntnisse

Software development

Python (FastAPI)

JavaScript/TypeScript (React)

Docker

Postgres

Kafka

Redis

Test writing (functional, integration)

English proficiency (B2+)

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

Mindrift connects specialists with project‑based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. Participation is project‑based, not permanent employment.

What this opportunity involves

We're building a dataset to evaluate AI coding agents – how well a model handles real‑world developer tasks.

• Build realistic developer environments – a virtual company with codebase, infrastructure, and context (tickets, docs, conversations) that forms a believable development history
• Design tasks from intermediate states of these environments – craft the prompt, define what "solved" means, and ensure the task is solvable by an AI agent
• Write tests that verify agent solutions – accept all valid approaches and reject incorrect ones, neither too strict nor too lenient
• Iterate on tasks and tests based on QA feedback – review agent solutions, analyze failures, and refine until the evaluation is fair and robust

What this is NOT

• Data labeling
• Prompt engineering
• Writing code from scratch – the agent writes most of the code; you guide and evaluate

What we look for

• 5+ years in software development
• Core stack: Python (FastAPI), JavaScript/TypeScript (React), Docker, Postgres, Kafka, Redis
• Experience writing tests (functional, integration)
• English proficiency – B2+

Why this is hard

Frontier models are already good at coding. Creating a task that genuinely challenges the best models is non‑trivial. You need to deeply understand where models fail and what scenarios reveal the difference between a good and a bad solution. Tasks have many valid solutions – writing tests that accept all correct solutions and reject incorrect ones is harder than it sounds.

How it works

Apply→Pass qualification(s)→Join a project→Complete tasks→Get paid

Effort estimate

Tasks for this project are estimated to take 20 hours to complete, depending on complexity. This is an estimate and not a schedule requirement; you choose when and how to work. Tasks must be submitted by the deadline and meet the listed acceptance criteria to be accepted.

Compensation

Up to $60/hr equivalent, depending on level and pace. Tasks are estimated at ~20 hours each; you set your own schedule.