Senior Backend Engineer (Python/FastAPI) at Turing

Senior Backend Engineer (Python/FastAPI) – AI Evaluation | Contractor | Remote (US Only)

Join Turing, the world's leading AI research accelerator, as a Senior Backend Engineer focused on AI model evaluation. In this role, you'll help shape the future of large language models by curating high-quality datasets, evaluating AI-generated code, and collaborating with researchers on cutting-edge AI systems. This is a flexible contractor engagement (10–40 hrs/week) ideal for experienced engineers who thrive in fast-moving, high-impact environments.

About Turing

Based in San Francisco, Turing partners with frontier AI labs and global enterprises to accelerate AI research and deploy advanced AI systems. Turing's expertise spans software engineering, logical reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and AI agents — helping enterprises transform AI from proof of concept into measurable business impact.

What You'll Do

• Curate code examples, build solutions, and correct code across Python, JavaScript (React, Node.js), C/C++, Java, Rust, and Go for AI model training initiatives.
• Evaluate and refine AI-generated code for efficiency, scalability, and reliability across backend and frontend contexts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to benchmark and enhance AI-driven coding solutions.
• Build agents that verify code quality and identify error patterns across full-stack applications.
• Analyze software engineering lifecycle stages — from prototyping and architecture design to production, monitoring, and maintenance — and evaluate model capabilities across them.
• Design automated verification mechanisms to validate solutions to software engineering tasks.

Required Skills

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in full-stack development using Python and JavaScript (React, Node.js).
• Proven experience deploying scalable, production-grade software with modern tools and languages.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, debugging, and code quality assessment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for structured, clear evaluation rationales.

Ideal Background

This role is a great fit for engineers with experience at high-growth companies such as Stripe, Airbnb, Cloudflare, Datadog, or Coinbase. Strong CS foundations from programs like UW, UIUC, UT Austin, or Michigan are welcomed — though exceptional skill and experience always take precedence.

Engagement Details

• Type: Contractor (no medical/paid leave benefits)
• Commitment: Flexible — minimum 10 hrs/week, up to 40 hrs/week
• Duration: 1 month, with potential extensions based on performance
• Location: Must be based in the United States

Application Process

The application takes approximately 15–30 minutes and includes an AI video interview. Apply today to contribute to the forefront of AI research and evaluation.