Overview

Position: Exceptional Software Engineers

Type: Hourly Contract · Remote

Compensation: $70–$110/hour (based on experience)

Duration: Ongoing · Part-time, ~10-20 hours/week

Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Support the development of high-performance systems to meet the needs of next-generation machine learning applications.
• Configure environments, design databases, and create scalable APIs and service layers that interface with advanced AI models.
• Leverage coding agents as part of your software engineering workflow.
• Collaborate with the research team to build and improve systems with advanced AI models.
• Provide expert-level solutions in SQL and database structuring.
• Lead teams to design and build complex database schemas.
• Contribute to the creation, testing, and integration of APIs for smooth system functionality.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience as an elite software engineer in demanding environments such as top-tier technology startups, quantitative trading firms, hedge funds, or similar.
• Experience using coding agents in your software engineering workflow.
• Access to large codebases you own.
• Expertise in SQL, database design, and API development.
• Exceptional attention to detail, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal.
• Access to a desktop or laptop computer (Chromebooks are not supported).

Application process

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume (15 min)

Note: This is a super urgent requirement. Please complete the application process as soon as possible.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Engineering and Education

Industries

• Higher Education

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