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Sitting at the intersection of AI research, software engineering, and model evaluation, you will design the benchmarks, methodologies, and data systems that shape how next-generation coding models are measured and improved.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and own evaluation frameworks for coding agents, including benchmark specifications, scoring methodologies, rubrics, and quality standards.\n\nLead end-to-end research initiatives focused on measuring and improving coding model performance across diverse software engineering tasks.\n\nDevelop high-quality datasets, golden examples, and evaluation protocols that enable reliable assessment of frontier coding systems.\n\nAnalyze model behavior and failure modes, identifying systematic weaknesses and translating findings into actionable improvements for training and evaluation.\n\nBuild tooling and infrastructure that support large-scale experimentation, data generation, review workflows, and evaluation pipelines.\n\nEstablish best practices for coding-agent assessment, ensuring methodological rigor, reproducibility, and measurement quality.\n\nPartner closely with researchers, engineers, and applied AI teams to design experiments and evaluate emerging model capabilities.\n\nContribute to technical reports, benchmark studies, and client-facing research initiatives that communicate model performance and insights.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\nStrong software engineering background with expertise in Python, C++, or comparable programming languages.\n\n3+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning, AI research, evaluation, or related technical disciplines.\n\nExperience designing, reviewing, or validating technical assessments, benchmarks, coding tasks, or evaluation methodologies.\n\nFamiliarity with large language models, coding agents, reinforcement learning, model evaluation, or related AI systems.\n\nProven ability to build tooling, automate workflows, and improve technical processes through systematic experimentation.\n\nStrong analytical skills with the ability to investigate model behavior and derive insights from complex technical systems.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate technical findings to diverse audiences.\n\nComfortable operating in fast-moving research environments with significant ambiguity and evolving priorities.\n\nPreferred\nExperience working on frontier AI systems, coding agents, or model evaluation research.\n\nDeep interest in understanding how data, evaluations, and feedback mechanisms influence model capabilities.\n\nTrack record of independently driving ambiguous technical or research projects from conception to execution.\n\nExperience designing benchmarks or datasets for machine learning systems at scale.\n\nFamiliarity with agentic workflows, tool use, reinforcement learning, or post-training methodologies.\n\nPublications, open-source contributions, or demonstrated technical leadership in AI, machine learning, or software engineering.\n\nCompensation & Benefits NoticeThe national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $200,000 –$260,000 USD. 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