RL Software Engineer: Build Coding Environments + Equity

Mechanize

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 315,000 - 385,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Equity
Performance bonuses

Job summary

Mechanize is seeking a Software Engineer in San Francisco to design, build, and quality-assure reinforcement learning tasks. You’ll work independently on self-contained software engineering challenges, directing coding agents and analyzing their performance.

Compensation includes a $350,000 base salary, equity, and performance bonuses, with strong recognition for top performers. Join a small, dynamic team dedicated to advancing AI capabilities.

Qualifications

  • Strong technical fundamentals and intuition for AI model behavior.
  • Ability to anticipate model shortcuts and evaluate coding agent outputs.
  • No prior ML or AI experience required.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build reinforcement learning tasks.
  • Quality-assure and iterate on coding tasks.
  • Evaluate output of coding agents and direct them effectively.

Skills

Python
Independence
Understanding coding agent behavior

Job description

Mechanize is seeking a Software Engineer in San Francisco to design, build, and quality-assure reinforcement learning tasks. You’ll work independently on self-contained software engineering challenges, directing coding agents and analyzing their performance.

Compensation includes a $350,000 base salary, equity, and performance bonuses, with strong recognition for top performers. Join a small, dynamic team dedicated to advancing AI capabilities.

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