Open-Source Backend Engineer for AI Training Challenges

YO AI Labs; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs in New York is seeking a versatile software engineer to create realistic coding challenges and reproducible test environments for AI training. You will design deterministic verifiers, reference solutions, and robust debugging tools to support scalable evaluation pipelines.

You should have strong programming experience in languages such as Python, Java, Rust, C++, or TypeScript, with solid knowledge of algorithms and data structures, backend development, and APIs.

Qualifications

• Strong programming experience in at least one supported language.
• Solid knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and software engineering.
• Experience with backend development, APIs, or scalable systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot bugs, improve performance, and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Create realistic coding challenges and reproducible test environments for AI training.
• Develop deterministic verifiers and reference solutions.
• Debug and fix software issues, implement and test features, refactor and optimize code.
• Review code submissions and contribute to technical reasoning documentation.

Skills

Python 3

Java

Rust

C++

TypeScript

Algorithms And Data Structures

GitHub

Open-Source Contributions

Bug Fixing

Feature Implementation

Code Refactoring

Performance Optimization

Automated Testing

Debugging

Backend Development

APIs

Job description

YO AI Labs in New York is seeking a versatile software engineer to create realistic coding challenges and reproducible test environments for AI training. You will design deterministic verifiers, reference solutions, and robust debugging tools to support scalable evaluation pipelines.

You should have strong programming experience in languages such as Python, Java, Rust, C++, or TypeScript, with solid knowledge of algorithms and data structures, backend development, and APIs.