SaidGig

Backend Engineer for AI Model Evaluation

$85/hr

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About this role

Join a cutting-edge project focused on evaluating and enhancing frontier AI coding models. This role emphasizes structured technical assessments within realistic software engineering workflows, moving beyond traditional software development practices. Limited spots are available, and they are filling quickly on a first-come, first-served basis.

Key Responsibilities
  • Utilize frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks.
  • Review model-generated code for correctness, quality, maintainability, and performance.
  • Identify bugs, edge cases, and failure modes in model outputs.
  • Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic backend engineering scenarios.
Work Terms

This is a sprint-based project that runs in 12-24 hour stretches based on client requirements.

Compensation

Earn $400 per accepted task, with typical tasks taking approximately 2-3 hours after ramp-up. Compensation is directly tied to accepted work.

Qualifications
  • 2+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
  • Experience building APIs, distributed systems, microservices, backend platforms, or databases.
  • Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
  • Ability to evaluate model-generated code and identify bugs, edge cases, and architectural tradeoffs.
  • Experience working on large-scale production systems is preferred.

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