Scientific / ML Engineer — AI Research and Model Evaluation

AuraOne, Inc.; Stati Uniti; Remoto; USD 124.000 - 193.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

AuraOne, Inc. is seeking a Scientific / ML Engineer — AI Research and Model Evaluation for remote work in the US. You will reproduce model outputs, run tests, and grade solutions for correctness, style, and edge cases, documenting failure modes and writing minimal fixtures to illustrate issues.

You will also compare paired solutions, provide ranking rationale, and contribute to error‑pattern catalogs to improve model guidance and evaluation rubrics.

Competenze

• Strong day‑job engineering experience with reading, running and debugging unfamiliar code.
• Comfort writing concise unit tests that capture a single failure mode.
• Familiarity with a testing framework (pytest, Jest, or JUnit).

Mansioni

• Run and reproduce candidate code outputs in a sandboxed environment for assignments.
• Grade ML engineering solutions for correctness, style, and edge-case handling.
• Write minimal failing tests that demonstrate bugs the model output missed.
• Compare paired solutions and rank them with a rubric-based rationale.
• Tag failure modes with severity scores (compile error, runtime crash, off‑by‑one, security issue).
• Document recurring code‑generation failures for targeted fixes.
• Calibrate reviews to maintain high inter‑rater agreement.

Conoscenze

Code review

Debugging

Unit testing

Software engineering judgment

ML engineering

Strumenti

pytest

Jest

JUnit

Go test

RSpec

Descrizione del lavoro

Scientific / ML Engineer — AI Research and Model Evaluation is a remote engineering review track for evaluating production code, debugging traces, and developer-facing AI outputs against real-world correctness standards. Reviewers reproduce failures, write the unit test the model should have written, and explain the fix so the modeling team can target the gap.

Why this role matters

Engineering model quality lives or dies on whether the generated code actually compiles, passes tests, and handles edge cases. AuraOne pairs experienced engineers with the modeling team to grade outputs the way a code reviewer would.

Responsibilities

• Run and reproduce candidate code outputs in a sandboxed environment for Scientific / ML Engineer — AI Research and Model Evaluation assignments.
• Grade ml engineering solutions for correctness, style, and edge-case handling.
• Write minimal failing tests that demonstrate the bug a model output missed.
• Compare paired solutions and rank them with a written rationale tied to the rubric.
• Tag failure modes (compile error, runtime crash, off‑by‑one, security issue) with severity scores.
• Document recurring code‑generation failures so the modeling team can target them.
• Calibrate against gold‑standard reviews to keep inter‑rater agreement above target.

Qualifications

• Strong day‑job engineering experience — you can read, run, and debug unfamiliar code for Scientific / ML Engineer — AI Research and Model Evaluation work.
• Comfort writing concise unit tests that capture a single failure mode.
• Familiarity with a testing framework. pytest, Jest, or JUnit. Go test, RSpec, or whatever you use.
• Clear written reasoning — your review note has to convince another senior engineer.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.
• Prior code‑review or technical‑interview‑grading experience is a plus.

Example tasks

• Reproduce a generated engineering solution to a coding task, run the test suite, and grade it.
• Write the smallest failing test that demonstrates a model's edge‑case bug.
• Compare two paired solutions and rank them with a written rationale tied to the rubric.
• Triage a security issue surfaced by a model and document the patch the model should have produced.

Nice to have

• Open‑source contributions or a public portfolio that demonstrates production‑quality code.
• Experience with the target language's standard tooling, linters, and idiomatic style guides.
• Familiarity with security‑review checklists (OWASP, CWE) and AppSec patterns.

Skills

• Code review
• Debugging
• Unit testing
• Software engineering judgment
• ML engineering

Work model

Remote — US‑eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

$90–$140 / hr

Strong day‑job engineering experience — you can read, run, and debug unfamiliar code for Scientific / ML Engineer — AI Research and Model Evaluation work. Comfort writing concise unit tests that capture a single failure mode. Familiarity with a testing framework. pytest, Jest, or JUnit. Go test, RSpec, or whatever you use. Clear written reasoning — your review note has to convince another senior engineer. Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week. Prior code‑review or technical‑interview‑grading experience is a plus.