Senior Software Engineer - 35501

Turing; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 68,880 - 206,640; Part time

Job summary

A leading AI company in Washington is seeking a Mid-Senior Level Software Engineer for a contract role. This position involves improving LLM performance on complex software engineering tasks, leading various projects, and ensuring code quality. Candidates should have several years of software engineering experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work flexibly. Competitive hourly rates ranging from $50 to $150 based on experience are offered.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years full-time experience at a top-tier product company.
• Strong expertise in modern languages and tools.

Responsibilities

• Work across projects to improve LLM performance.
• Deliver end-to-end agent use cases.
• Review model-generated code responses.
• Evaluate code diffs for quality and efficiency.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Building full-stack applications

Debugging skills

Code quality assessment

Excellent communication skills

Job description

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Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies, pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted software development. Our mission is to empower the next generation of AI systems to reason about and work with real-world software repositories. You’ll be working at the intersection of software engineering, open-source ecosystems, and frontier AI.

Overview

Project Overview

We're building high-quality evaluation and training datasets to improve how Large Language Models (LLMs) interact with realistic software engineering tasks. You will have the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects, from helping models traverse complex code bases to building agents that improve model performance.

What Does a Typical Day Look Like?

• Work across multiple different projects to improve LLM performance on code: sample projects
• Leading and delivering end-to-end agent use cases such as home automation agents, coding copilots, or creative design assistants.
• Collaborate with the team to identify edge cases and ambiguities in model behavior.
• Review and compare 3–4 model-generated code responses per task using a structured ranking system.
• Evaluate code diffs for correctness, code quality, style, and efficiency. Provide clear, detailed rationales explaining the reasoning behind each ranking decision.

Required Skills

• Several years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years of continuous full-time experience at a top-tier product company (e.g., Google, Stripe, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Netflix, Microsoft, Datadog, Dropbox, Shopify, PayPal, IBM Research).
• Strong expertise in building full-stack applications and deploying scalable, production-grade software using modern languages and tools.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, design, development, debugging, and code quality/review assessment.
• Proven ability to review code diffs and evaluate correctness, maintainability, and efficiency.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for clear, structured evaluation rationales.
• Commitment: flexible engagement, minimum 10 hrs/week, up to 40 hrs/week (partial PST overlap required)
• Type: Contractor (no medical/paid leave)
• Duration: 1 month (starting next week; potential extensions based on performance and fit)
• Rates: $50–$150/hour, based on experience and skill level.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology and Engineering
• Software Development

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