Senior Software Engineer (Remote) - Open-Source AI Tasks

YO AI Labs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong open-source profile to design and evaluate challenging tasks for AI training. You will build reproducible environments and reference solutions that test debugging, feature development, refactoring, and performance optimization.

No prior AI experience is required—your software engineering expertise and open-source contributions are what matter most. This is a contract position (~15 hours/week) with remote work.

Qualifications

• Experience in Python 3, Java, Rust, C++, or TypeScript.
• Strong algorithms and data structures fundamentals.
• Experience debugging complex systems and optimizing performance.
• Experience with large codebases and legacy modernization.

Responsibilities

• Create expert-level software tasks involving bug fixing, feature implementation, refactoring, and optimization.
• Develop reproducible environments and golden reference solutions for AI evaluation.
• Review and validate technical submissions for quality and accuracy.
• Document technical reasoning, solutions, and code decisions.

Skills

Python 3

Java

Rust

C++

TypeScript

Algorithms & Data Structures

Bug Fixing

Feature Implementation

Codebase Refactoring

Performance Optimization

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong open-source profile to design and evaluate challenging tasks for AI training. You will build reproducible environments and reference solutions that test debugging, feature development, refactoring, and performance optimization.

No prior AI experience is required—your software engineering expertise and open-source contributions are what matter most. This is a contract position (~15 hours/week) with remote work.