Software Engineer: AI Expert

Alpheva; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpheva AI is seeking experienced software engineers to train and evaluate AI coding systems through realistic repositories and engineering workflows. Projects may span backend and distributed systems, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, frontend and mobile engineering, ML infrastructure, and coding agents.

Assignments vary in scope and cadence, with pay in the range of $30 to $1000 per hour.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong programming, debugging, and code review skills in production codebases.
• Ability to understand unfamiliar repositories and explain technical decisions clearly.
• Experience writing and reviewing tests and assessing correctness, maintainability, and security.
• Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Java, C++, Rust, or a similar language.

Responsibilities

• Train and evaluate AI coding systems through realistic repositories and engineering workflows.
• Assess correctness, maintainability, and security of implementations, and explain engineering decisions clearly.

Skills

Programming

Code review

Debugging

Understanding unfamiliar repos

Testing

Security awareness

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

C++

Rust

Job description

Alpheva AI is looking for experienced software engineers to help train and evaluate AI coding systems through realistic repositories and engineering workflows.

Projects capture the practical judgment behind reliable software, including understanding unfamiliar systems, assessing implementations, and explaining engineering decisions.

Projects may span backend and distributed systems, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, frontend and mobile engineering, machine learning infrastructure, and coding agents.

Project terms

The project scope, requirements, and applicable rate are shared before you accept an assignment. Assignments may be short or recurring, with no fixed schedule or minimum commitment.

Confidentiality

You are not required to share confidential information, proprietary source code, trade secrets, or materials belonging to your employer. Use only approved project materials.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong programming, debugging, and code review skills in production codebases.
• Ability to understand unfamiliar repositories and explain technical decisions clearly.
• Experience writing and reviewing tests and assessing correctness, maintainability, and security.
• Experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Java, C++, Rust, or a similar language.
• Prior AI research experience is not required.

Pay

$30-$1,000/hr

Alpheva is a new expert network (launched September 2026); payout methods are not published yet, so confirm your first payment before scaling up.