Senior Software Engineer - AI Data (USA)

Company: Handshake

Location: Remote (USA) (Remote)

Salary: $286k - $312k per year

Type: Full-time

Remote: Yes

Posted: 2026-11-10

About this role

# About the role

Frontier AI labs are building coding agents that do real engineering work. Before these coding agents ship, Senior Engineers have to work a real problem from a codebase they know, step by step, to identify where a frontier model goes wrong then correct it.

Not just anyone can do this. It takes a select group of engineers with experience and taste.

Engineers who qualify join a fixed-pay contract: earn $6,000/wk for 40hrs of work ($150/hr). Work on your own schedule, paid weekly.

What you'll do

  • **Judge the AI's work.** Give an agent a real ticket, then review its output like a teammate's pull request: run it, evaluate it.
  • **Pair with the AI on your own task.** Work a real problem from a codebase you know, step by step, and flag where the model goes wrong.

What's in it for you

  • **Senior-engineer pay.** A weekly contract paying $6,000 for a 40-hour week. Work from anywhere, any time.
  • **Work that lasts.** This is not a two-week gig. The work is here month after month, and the 40 hours are yours every week you're on the team.
  • **An elite, hand-picked team.** You’ll have priority access to the projects frontier labs trust us with, the ones every engineer wants a seat on.
  • **Problems that are actually hard.** Your work on difficult tasks goes straight back to the labs training the next best-in-class models.
  • **A seat at the table.** You'll work directly with project leads from day one. Your read on where models fail and where the bar should sit shapes how we run these programs.
  • **Ongoing, on your schedule.** The contract renews every week while you meet quality standards. You set your hours. Exceptional engineers may be approved for additional hours, paid at $150/hr on top of your base earnings.
  • **Support that meets your needs.** A dedicated team, fast answers, and real feedback on your work.

How it works

1. Pass a proctored coding assessment, without the use of AI tools. You’ll earn $100 when you pass. About 2 hours.
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