Rust Developer

🔹 Job Title: Sr. Software Engineer – Rust (LLM Evaluation & Repository Validation)

📍 Location: Remote

🕒 Commitment: 20 hours/week (with some overlap with PST)

💼 Type: Contractor Assignment (no medical/paid leave)

📅 Start Date: Expected next week

📆 Duration: 3 months

💰 Rate: Flexible

🧪 Vetting: 2 interview rounds

🔧 About the Project

We're building LLM evaluation and training datasets focused on realistic software engineering problems. This includes creating verifiable SWE tasks using public repository histories through a synthetic, human-in-the-loop approach. The goal is to ensure broad coverage across languages, task types, and complexity levels.

🧑 💻 Role Summary

We’re looking for experienced software engineers (Tech Lead level) with strong knowledge of Rust and public GitHub repositories (preferably with 5,000+ stars). This is a hands-on engineering role where you will help design tasks, evaluate repository quality, and collaborate closely with AI researchers to assess LLM performance.

🚀 Why Join Us?

Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies, working at the forefront of AI-assisted software development. This is your chance to merge real-world engineering with cutting-edge AI research.

📅 Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Analyze and triage GitHub issues in trending open-source libraries
• Set up repos (Dockerization, local environments)
• Evaluate test coverage and quality
• Modify and run real-world codebases to test LLMs' bug-fixing capabilities
• Collaborate with researchers to identify challenging repo tasks
• (Optional) Lead junior engineers in collaborative projects

✅ Required Skills

• 5+ years of overall software engineering experience
• Strong expertise in Rust
• Proficient in Git, Docker, and setting up dev environments
• Ability to navigate and test complex, real-world codebases
• Experience with high-quality GitHub repos (5,000+ stars preferred)

🌟 Nice to Have

• Experience in LLM research or evaluation projects
• Familiarity with developer tools and automation agents
• Contributions to open-source projects

🎁 Perks of Freelancing with Turing

• 100% remote work
• Work on impactful, cutting-edge AI projects
• Flexible hours (with some PST overlap)
• Collaborate with top engineers and AI researchers