About the role
From Handshake AI’s listing.
Pay: Up to $60/hour
Opportunity Overview
Handshake is looking for experienced senior software engineers to support AI research for a 1 week contract (40 hrs) with potential for extension. This is not a traditional job — you'll draw on your hands-on experience building and reasoning about production systems and software architecture to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI reason like a practicing software engineer.
What You'll Do
Use your domain expertise to create expert-level software engineering problems and scenarios grounded in real system design, architecture, and implementation work
Review and evaluate AI-generated responses for technical accuracy, practical feasibility, and alignment with how the work is actually done
Provide structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance
Complete tasks at your own pace with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement
Qualifications
Ideal candidates meet all three of the following:
Industry/research experience — 3+ years of professional, direct hands-on work as a software engineer
Degree — Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
Sub-domain depth — demonstrated expertise in one of the following areas:
Backend systems and distributed architecture
Infrastructure, cloud platforms, and DevOps
Systems programming and performance engineering
Additional qualifications (not required, but strengthen your application)
Experience at a recognized, top-tier tech company
Required for all applicants
Must have Indian work authorization
Strong written communication and attention to detail
Ability to explain complex software engineering concepts clearly
Ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment
Selection Process
Our interview process has three stages:
CodeSignal assessment: Take a coding assessment to show us your engineering skills.
Complete a sample task: If you pass the assessment, you’ll try out the real project.
Join the project: Candidates who pass the sample task are placed on the project.
As an incentive, you’ll get compensated for each step that you pass.
How Handshake AI screens people
- 01Sign up through Handshake and pick an opportunity.
- 02Expect questions about your degree and field, and an assessment for the project.
Before you apply
- No real platform charges you to apply or to “unlock” work.
- Apply to two or three platforms, not one. Acceptance is never certain.
- It’s contract work in projects. Hours vary week to week.
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