Remote Software Engineer - RL Problem Designer (Contractor)

micro1 Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

micro1 Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer contractor to build realistic coding tasks for frontier AI models. You will design challenging problems that test real engineering skills, create reproducible environments, and write verifiers and reference solutions.

The engagement is project-based and paid per approved task. The role requires hands-on expertise in at least one language among Python, Java, Rust, Go, C++, or TypeScript, with an emphasis on delivering high-quality, testable tasks for

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise in at least one of the listed languages (Python, Java, Rust, Go, C++, TypeScript).
• Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and software engineering principles.
• Ability to debug complex systems and optimize performance.

Responsibilities

• Create challenging coding tasks for frontier AI models from real repositories.
• Design problems requiring real engineering skill and meaningful performance work.
• Build reproducible environments and write deterministic verifiers for correct solutions.
• Provide a reference solution showing how the task can be solved.
• Flag ambiguous or unverifiable tasks to avoid false positives.

Skills

Python

Java

Rust

Go

C++

TypeScript

Job description

micro1 Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer contractor to build realistic coding tasks for frontier AI models. You will design challenging problems that test real engineering skills, create reproducible environments, and write verifiers and reference solutions.

The engagement is project-based and paid per approved task. The role requires hands-on expertise in at least one language among Python, Java, Rust, Go, C++, or TypeScript, with an emphasis on delivering high-quality, testable tasks for