Remote Senior Backend Engineer - AI Training Environments

YO AI Labs; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 69,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support an AI training project by creating reinforcement learning environments that evaluate AI models on software tasks using MCP tools.

You will design reproducible environments, deterministic verification, and reference solutions for bug fixing, feature development, refactoring, and performance optimization. No prior AI experience is required. The position is a contractor role (~15 hours/week) with fully remote work and flexible scheduling.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in the listed languages and programming paradigms is required.
• Experience with software engineering tasks such as debugging, refactoring, and performance tuning is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create reinforcement learning environments for software engineering tasks.
• Design tasks involving bug fixing, feature development, refactoring, and performance optimization.
• Build deterministic verification systems and golden reference solutions.
• Evaluate AI agents' ability to reason through codebases and MCP tools.
• Develop realistic, reproducible software engineering scenarios.
• Document solutions and provide clear technical feedback.

Skills

Python 3

Java

Rust

C++

TypeScript

Algorithms & DS

Bug fixing

Refactoring

Performance

Communication

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support an AI training project by creating reinforcement learning environments that evaluate AI models on software tasks using MCP tools.

You will design reproducible environments, deterministic verification, and reference solutions for bug fixing, feature development, refactoring, and performance optimization. No prior AI experience is required. The position is a contractor role (~15 hours/week) with fully remote work and flexible scheduling.