Senior Software Engineering Consultant

Aligned Labs; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 206,640 - 241,080; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Set your own rates

High impact projects

Top-paying opportunities

Job summary

A leading AI consulting firm is seeking 30 Senior Software Engineering Experts for part-time, fully remote roles. Your responsibilities include designing complex coding problems that challenge today's AI models and evaluating these models on demanding engineering tasks. Candidates should be fluent in English and have experience at a Senior/Staff Engineer level in major tech companies, or notable achievements in competitive programming. High pay and flexibility are key aspects of this opportunity.

Qualifications

• Fluent English reading and writing skills.
• Experience as Senior/Staff Engineer or equivalent at a major tech company.
• Competitive programming achievements are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design expert-level coding problems.
• Evaluate AI models on complex software engineering tasks.

Skills

Fluent English

Expertise in AI-related programming

Ability to design complex coding problems

Job description

About The Role

We are looking to expand our team of expert consultants with 30 Senior Software Engineering Experts for part‑time, fully‑remote work supporting frontier AI research. Projects start at $150-175 USD / hour.

This Role Includes

• Designing expert‑level coding problems that today's leading AI models can't solve.
• Evaluating and pressure‑testing AI models on complex software engineering tasks.

About Aligned

At Aligned, we partner with the world's leading AI labs to push the frontier of AI knowledge in fields like STEM, medicine, law, and finance. Our platform matches subject‑matter experts (like you) with paid consulting work on frontier projects at these labs.

Unlike low‑skill freelance work on traditional consulting platforms, our community of experts set their own rates and are exclusively matched to the highest impact, top‑paying projects in the industry.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Fluent English reading and writing skills.
• Currently or previously employed at a Senior/Staff Engineer level (L6‑L7 equivalent) at one of the following companies:
  • Google (L6‑L7)
  • Meta (E6‑E7)
  • Microsoft (65‑67)
  • Amazon (L6‑L7)
  • Apple (ICT4‑ICT5)
  • Netflix (Senior‑Staff)
  • Nvidia (Senior‑Staff)
• OR achieved one of the following competitive programming distinctions:
  • Medalist from IOI or ICPC World Finals
  • Finalist from Google Code Jam or Meta Hacker Cup
  • Top performer (red+ rating) from TopCoder or Codeforces