Remote Senior Backend Engineer for AI Task Environments

YO AI Labs; Town of Texas (WI); Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Contractor engagement

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a remote, contractor role (~15 hours/week) to support an AI training project. You will create reproducible reinforcement learning environments and develop reference solutions for complex software tasks using MCP tools.

The role focuses on bug fixing, feature development, refactoring, and performance optimization with an emphasis on deterministic verification. Prior AI experience is not required.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python, Java, Rust, C++, or TypeScript in real projects.
• Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience debugging complex software issues and optimizing performance.

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 complex codebases using MCP tools.
• Develop realistic, reproducible software engineering scenarios.
• Document solutions and provide clear technical feedback.

Skills

Python 3

Java

Rust

C++

TypeScript

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a remote, contractor role (~15 hours/week) to support an AI training project. You will create reproducible reinforcement learning environments and develop reference solutions for complex software tasks using MCP tools.

The role focuses on bug fixing, feature development, refactoring, and performance optimization with an emphasis on deterministic verification. Prior AI experience is not required.