Software Engineer

Opportunity Overview Handshake is looking for experienced senior software engineers to support AI research for a 1 week contract (40 hrs) with potential for extension. This is not a traditional job — you'll draw on your hands-on experience building and reasoning about production systems and software architecture to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI reason like a practicing software engineer. What You'll Do

• Use your domain expertise to create expert-level software engineering problems and scenarios grounded in real system design, architecture, and implementation work
• Review and evaluate AI-generated responses for technical accuracy, practical feasibility, and alignment with how the work is actually done
• Provide structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance
• Complete tasks at your own pace with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement

Qualifications Ideal candidates meet all three of the following:

• Industry/research experience — 3+ years of professional, direct hands-on work as a software engineer
• Degree — Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Sub-domain depth — demonstrated expertise in one of the following areas:
• Backend systems and distributed architecture
• Infrastructure, cloud platforms, and DevOps
• Systems programming and performance engineering

Additional Qualifications (not Required, But Strengthen Your Application)

• Experience at a recognized, top-tier tech company

Required for all applicants

• Must have US work authorization
• Strong written communication and attention to detail
• Ability to explain complex software engineering concepts clearly
• Ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment

Selection Process Our Interview Process Has Three Stages

• CodeSignal assessment: Take a coding assessment to show us your engineering skills.
• Complete a sample task: If you pass the assessment, you’ll try out the real project.
• Join the project: Candidates who pass the sample task are placed on the project.

As an incentive, you’ll get compensated for each step that you pass.