Backend Engineering Experts - PT - WW

About the Company

Shipd is an invite-only platform for developers where you're paid to create/solve coding problems that are used to train AI! It is created by Datacurve, a YC-backed startup based on San Francisco, California. Datacurve
works with the world's leading AI labs to push their models' programming capabilities using your contributions Shipd has paid out over $720K USD to coders in the past few months. We can't wait to have you on board!

About the Job

Join our team as an exceptional backend engineer contributing to cutting-edge AI training datasets. You'll create problems, develop solutions, and work with our specialized tools to generate high-quality data for training and benchmarking AI systems.

What You'll Do

• Create diverse backend engineering problems and comprehensive solutions for AI training and benchmark datasets
• Solve backend engineering challenges using our specialized annotation tools
• Review and evaluate code generated by large language models, providing detailed feedback and corrections
• Document your problem-solving approach, methodologies, and solution rationale
• Work independently in a remote environment while maintaining consistent quality standards
• Collaborate with the team to refine annotation processes and improve data quality

What You Have

• Strong expertise and high proficiency in at least one backend programming language
• Proficiency in CI/CD, containerization, and modern development practices
• 3+ years of software engineering experience with excellent problem-solving abilities
• Experience building and optimizing backend systems, databases, and APIs
• Strong code review skills and ability to identify issues in others' code
• Demonstrated ability to think through complex problems methodically
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Flexible availability for at least 3 hours daily
• Interest in AI/ML development and training data creation

Benefits

• Collaborate with top-tier foundation model labs to advance the frontier of LLMs
• Competitive hourly rate
• Fully remote with flexible scheduling

Ideal Candidate: You're a seasoned backend engineer passionate about advancing AI capabilities. You thrive on technical challenges, communicate clearly about your problem-solving process, and want to make a meaningful impact on the future of coding AI systems.

Interview Process

• Hacker rank
• 1 more call