Software Engineer, AI Coding Tasks

Askable; United States; Remote; USD 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Askable is seeking experienced software engineers to build AI coding tasks from a codebase they know well. You will convert real changes from repositories into tasks that push AI models beyond their current capabilities, earning US$1,000 per task that passes review.

Remote work from any location in the United States is allowed, with a minimum of one task per week (about 10 hours). Your work helps measure and train AI coding models.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering
• Code merged into a public open-source repository or own private repo
• Strong in at least one of Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java or C++
• Solid with Docker, Linux, Git and automated testing
• Regular use of an AI coding tool
• Experience writing tests, rubrics or evaluation criteria for AI models
• Clear and concise ability to explain a change
• At least 10 hours a week

Responsibilities

• Propose a change from a repository you know and submit a brief proposal
• Set up the repository as it was before the change and write the brief, solution and grading checks
• Stress-test by trying lazy, incorrect and shortcut solutions and ensure checks catch them
• Run your task against leading AI models and revise based on review feedback
• Start a new task after acceptance

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Go

C++

Tools

Docker

Linux

Git

Automated testing

Job description

We're looking for experienced software engineers to build AI coding tasks from a codebase they know well. US$1,000 per task, and you can do as many tasks as you want.

You turn a real change from a repository you know into a task that today's best AI coding models struggle with: hard for the models, but fair for a skilled engineer. Your tasks are used to measure and train AI coding models.

Remote, any location. US$1,000 per task that passes review. Minimum of one task a week, about 10 hours a week.

How it works

Propose. Once you're selected, pick a change from a repository you know and submit a short proposal. We approve it or suggest a better candidate.

Build. In our platform, set up the repository as it was before the change, then write the brief, the correct solution and the grading checks.

Stress-test. Try lazy, incorrect and shortcut solutions and make sure your checks catch them.

Model testing. Run your task against leading AI models until strong models often fail but a skilled engineer can clearly solve it.

Review. A reviewer checks your task and you revise it. Most tasks take more than one round.

Next task. Once your task is accepted, start another.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software engineering
• Code merged into a public open-source repository, ideally one you know well. A private codebase you own may also qualify (not employer or client code)
• Strong in at least one of Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java or C++
• Solid with Docker, Linux, Git and automated testing
• Regular use of an AI coding tool
• Experience writing tests, rubrics or evaluation criteria, ideally for AI models
• You can explain a change clearly and concisely, in your own words
• At least 10 hours a week, starting now
• A secure personal or work computer (no public or shared machines)

Nice to have

• Deep expertise in one area, such as databases, compilers, distributed systems, security or infrastructure
• Experience building agent tasks or RL environments

Terms

• US$1,000 for each task that passes our quality review, paid directly to you
• Once your proposal is qualified, you sign Askable's contract and accept its terms
• The work is used for AI training. The change and your solution must be your own, and you must be free to license them to us
• Don't publish the work anywhere: no public pull request or public fork