Software Engineer

*Job Type:* Contractor (10-15 hours per week) *Location:* Remote (Prefer candidates from the US, Canada, and India) *Job Summary:* We are looking for experienced software engineers to help train and evaluate next-generation AI systems through real-world software engineering tasks. This role is best suited for developers who can reason through unfamiliar codebases, explain engineering decisions clearly, and solve practical backend, full-stack, systems, or infrastructure-related problems. *A Cybersecurity/SecOps background or exposure is highly preferred* No prior AI experience is required. What matters most is strong software engineering judgment, clean technical communication, and the ability to evaluate code, architecture, tradeoffs, and implementation quality. *Key Responsibilities:* * Work on challenging software engineering tasks across backend, full-stack, infrastructure, and systems-related projects. * Review, debug, improve, and explain code across different technical environments. * Design or evaluate practical solutions involving APIs, databases, services, integrations, testing, and deployment workflows. * Identify tradeoffs around scalability, maintainability, performance, reliability, security, and developer experience. * Communicate technical reasoning clearly in writing, including why a solution works and what alternatives were considered. * Collaborate with the customer’s team on technical reviews, implementation decisions, and problem-solving exercises. * Adapt quickly to new codebases, frameworks, and technical requirements. *Required Skills and Qualifications:* * 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience. * Strong experience in at least one backend or full-stack engineering environment, such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Java, C++, Go or Ruby * Experience building, maintaining, or reviewing production-level applications, APIs, services, databases, or integrations. * Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including debugging, testing, code quality, architecture, and technical tradeoffs. * Ability to explain complex engineering decisions clearly and objectively. * Comfortable reading and reasoning through unfamiliar code or technical requirements *Preferred Qualifications:* * Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. * Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps workflows, containers, monitoring, or production operations. * Experience with frontend frameworks such as React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, or React Native. * Open-source contributions, public GitHub work, technical writing, or strong examples of past engineering work. * Experience mentoring engineers, reviewing code, or making architecture decisions