Senior Backend Engineer (Python/FastAPI) at Turing

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

Join Turing, the world's leading AI research accelerator, as a Software Engineering Evaluator. In this role, you'll help shape the next generation of large language models by creating high-quality training datasets, evaluating AI-generated code, and collaborating with researchers on cutting-edge AI systems. This is a flexible contractor engagement ideal for experienced engineers from top-tier tech companies or academic institutions.

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 across backend and frontend contexts for efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to benchmark and enhance AI-driven coding solutions.
• Build agents to verify code quality and identify error patterns across full-stack applications.
• Hypothesize on software engineering lifecycle stages — from prototyping and architecture design to production, monitoring, and maintenance — and evaluate model capabilities accordingly.
• Design automated verification mechanisms for software engineering task solutions.

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 evaluation rationales.

Ideal Background

This role is best suited for engineers with experience at high-scale organizations such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, or Meta, or graduates from leading engineering programs. Exceptional skill and experience always take precedence over pedigree.

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 future of AI development.