Designs and builds scalable agentic systems for generating and QA'ing reinforcement learning environments that teach AI models to code. Leads core technology primitives, owns full stack, and mentors juniors with 8+ years experience.
300k – 400k/yr
On-site8+ YOEBackend Engineering
About the role
Responsibilities
Build agentic systems that create and QA coding environments at scale
Design these systems to be extremely sound
Think critically about what makes a coding environment and task "good" and "fair"
Design and build scalable systems that generate RL environments
Create automated QA systems to validate environment quality and fairness
Work directly with AI researchers at leading labs to understand what makes training data effective
Support new product lines as we expand beyond coding environments
Staff Engineer Responsibilities & Requirements
Lead the process of identifying, specifying, and implementing core technology primitives that maximize the leverage of the rest of the team
Understand and own the technology stack end-to-end
Lead and mentor more junior members of the team
Tech Stack
TypeScript
React
NodeJS
Postgres
Redis
Vercel
Cursor
Benefits
Healthcare coverage
401(k)
15 days PTO
Meals, coffee, and snacks covered during working days
Latest MacBook Pro and equipment
Relocation assistance available
Team offsites and events
Skills
TypeScriptReactNode.jsPostgresRedisVercelCursorReinforcement LearningRl EnvironmentsAutomated Qa Systems
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