AI Systems Engineer: Frontier Code Agents Evaluator

Obsidian; New York (NY); Remote; USD 20,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Obsidian is seeking systems engineers to join a project in partnership with a leading AI research lab. Candidates will utilize frontier AI coding agents to assist in evaluating complex engineering tasks and model performance. Responsibilities include reviewing code, identifying issues, and applying engineering judgment to enhance systems design.

The role offers competitive compensation of $400 per accepted task, requiring an estimated 2–3 hours of work. Applicants should have over 2 years of relevant experience in systems engineering.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Experience with distributed systems and networking.
• Familiarity with AI coding agents like Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex.

Responsibilities

• Complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks using AI coding agents.
• Review model-generated code and identify bugs and performance bottlenecks.
• Assess strengths and weaknesses of outputs from multiple frontier AI models.

Skills

Systems engineering experience

Distributed systems

Networking

AI coding agents

Scalable systems

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

Obsidian is seeking systems engineers to join a project in partnership with a leading AI research lab. Candidates will utilize frontier AI coding agents to assist in evaluating complex engineering tasks and model performance. Responsibilities include reviewing code, identifying issues, and applying engineering judgment to enhance systems design.

The role offers competitive compensation of $400 per accepted task, requiring an estimated 2–3 hours of work. Applicants should have over 2 years of relevant experience in systems engineering.