Senior Software Engineer, Rust for LLM Evaluation

Join a pioneering project focused on building LLM evaluation and training datasets that tackle realistic software engineering challenges. This role provides a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of verifiable software engineering tasks based on public repository histories, utilizing a synthetic approach with human-in-the-loop methodologies while expanding dataset coverage across various programming languages and difficulty levels.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze and triage GitHub issues across trending open-source libraries.
• Set up and configure code repositories, including Dockerization and environment setup.
• Evaluate unit test coverage and quality.
• Modify and run codebases locally to assess LLM performance in bug-fixing scenarios.
• Collaborate with researchers to design and identify repositories and issues that present challenges for LLMs.
• Lead a team of junior engineers to collaborate on projects.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years of overall experience.
• Strong experience with Rust or similar programming languages.
• Proficiency with Git, Docker, and basic software pipeline setup.
• Ability to understand and navigate complex codebases.
• Comfortable running, modifying, and testing real-world projects locally.
• Experience contributing to or evaluating open-source projects is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous participation in LLM research or evaluation projects.
• Experience building or testing developer tools or automation agents.

Work Terms:

• Commitment of at least 4 hours per day and a minimum of 20 hours per week, with 4 hours of overlap with PST. Options available for 20, 30, or 40 hours per week.
• Contractor assignment with no medical or paid leave.
• Contract duration of 3 months, with an expected start date next week.
• Location eligibility includes India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Mexico.

Compensation:

• Competitive compensation based on experience and project involvement.

Eligibility:

• Open to candidates with the required skills and experience from specified locations.

This role offers the chance to work in a fully remote environment on cutting-edge AI projects with leading LLM companies, influencing the future of AI-assisted software development.