Staff Software Engineer (AI Evals)

Job highlights

• . You should be comfortable making subjective but rigorous judgments
• Comfortable giving direct,opinionated feedback . High bar for what good engineering looks like
• Experience with tools like Cursor or similar AI-first IDEs .
• Experience mentoring senior engineers or defining engineering standards

You will assess how AI coding agents behave in real-world scenarios - focusing on:

• Whether the response makes sense
• Whether the preamble and reasoning are useful
• Whether the output reflects strong engineering judgment
• Whether the interaction feels right to an experienced developer

This role is about engineering taste - not syntax correctness.

What You ll Be Doing

• Evaluate AI-generated coding interactions end-to-end

• Judge whether outputs are:

  • Useful
  • Correct (at a high level)
  • Aligned with how a strong engineer would think

• Assess the quality of explanations and reasoning , not just code

• Distinguish between different levels of response quality (e.g. what makes something a

  2 vs 4

  )

• Provide clear, opinionated feedback on:

  • What worked
  • What didn t
  • What felt off or misleading

• Help define what

  great

  looks like when interacting with tools like Cursor

What We Mean by Taste

We re specifically looking for engineers who can answer questions like:

• Does this feel like something a strong engineer would actually say
• Is this explanation helpful, or just technically correct
• Is the model guiding the user well, or just dumping output
• Would this interaction build or erode trust

You should be comfortable making subjective but rigorous judgments .

Who You Are

• Staff / Principal-level engineer (or equivalent experience)

• Strong background in one of the below:

  • Go
  • Python
  • Rust
  • TypeScript / JavaScript

• Hands-on experience using:

  • OpenAI Codex
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor

• Deep familiarity with modern AI-assisted dev workflows

• Able to evaluate code without needing to fully execute or deeply review every line

• Comfortable giving direct, opinionated feedback

• High bar for what good engineering looks like

Nice to Have

• Experience with tools like Cursor or similar AI-first IDEs
• Prior exposure to prompt design or evaluation workflows
• Experience mentoring senior engineers or defining engineering standards

Engagement Details

• Rate: $100-$200/hour

• Hours: ~20 hours+

• Duration: Through October w/possible extentions

• Start: ASAP

• Process:

  • Take-home evaluation exercise
  • Background Check
  • Offer

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