[Remote] Remote Senior Backend Engineer (Python/FastAPI)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs, and they are seeking a Remote Senior Backend Engineer. This role involves creating cutting-edge datasets for training and advancing large language models, collaborating closely with researchers to enhance AI-driven coding solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work on AI model training initiatives by curating code examples, building solutions, and correcting code across both Python and JavaScript (React, Node.js), with additional work in C/C++, Java, Rust, and Go
• Evaluate and refine AI-generated code across backend and frontend contexts to ensure that it is efficient, scalable, and reliable
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance AI-driven coding solutions against industry performance benchmarks
• Build agents that can verify the quality of the code and identify error patterns across full-stack applications
• Hypothesize on steps in the software engineering cycle (prototyping, architecture design, API design, production implementation, launch, experiments, monitoring, operational maintenance) and evaluate model capabilities on them
• Design verification mechanisms that can automatically verify a solution to a software engineering task

Skills

• Several years of software engineering experience (3 years or more)
• Strong expertise in building full-stack applications using Python and JavaScript (React, Node.js), with the ability to work across backend and frontend codebases
• Experience deploying scalable, production-grade software using modern languages and tools
• Deep understanding of software architecture, design, development, debugging, and code quality/review assessment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for clear, structured evaluation rationales
• Ideal for engineers who have shipped high-impact products at fast-moving companies like Stripe, Airbnb, Cloudflare, Datadog, Coinbase, or similar high-growth engineering environments
• Graduates from programs with strong CS foundations such as University of Washington, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UT Austin, University of Michigan, Purdue, and comparable institutions

Benefits

• Flexible engagement, minimum 10 hrs/week, up to 40 hrs/week
• Contractor (no medical/paid leave)
• Potential extensions based on performance and fit

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