TuringCoding & software eval
Software Engineer – AI Code Evaluation & Benchmarking (US candidates only)
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About this role, in Turing's words
We are looking for experienced Software Engineers to help evaluate, benchmark, and improve the coding capabilities of frontier AI models. In this role, you will assess AI-generated code, validate solutions against real-world software engineering tasks, identify correctness and quality issues, and contribute to the development of high-quality evaluation datasets and benchmarks.
Candidate background
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Python, Java, C/C++, Go, Swift, Objective-C, PHP, or SQL .
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design principles, and debugging methodologies.
- Experience performing code reviews and evaluating code quality in production or large-scale codebases.
- Ability to analyze complex technical problems and assess solution correctness with minimal supervision.
- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and modern software development workflows.
- Strong written communication skills and attention to detail.
- Experience with AI/ML data annotation, NLP, prompt engineering, model evaluation, or LLM-related projects is a plus.
- Experience evaluating AI-generated code, benchmark creation, or software quality assessment is highly preferred.
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Turing's words
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About Turing
Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies, accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems. Turing helps leading AI labs improve the reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities of large language models (LLMs) through high-quality human feedback, evaluation, and training data.
Role Overview
We are looking for experienced Software Engineers to help evaluate, benchmark, and improve the coding capabilities of frontier AI models. In this role, you will assess AI-generated code, validate solutions against real-world software engineering tasks, identify correctness and quality issues, and contribute to the development of high-quality evaluation datasets and benchmarks.
This position is ideal for engineers who enjoy code review, debugging, problem-solving, and applying strong software engineering judgment to complex technical scenarios. Your work will directly contribute to measuring and improving the performance of advanced AI coding systems.
What Does Day-to-Day Look Like?
• Review and evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, efficiency, maintainability, and adherence to requirements.
• Analyze software engineering tasks and validate whether proposed solutions meet expected outcomes.
• Debug code, reproduce issues, and verify fixes across different programming environments.
• Assess model-generated explanations, reasoning, and implementation approaches for technical accuracy.
• Create, refine, and maintain evaluation datasets, benchmarks, and grading rubrics for coding tasks.
• Identify edge cases, failure modes, and areas where AI systems struggle with software engineering problems.
• Document findings clearly and provide structured feedback to improve evaluation quality and consistency.
• Collaborate with project teams to establish quality standards and evaluation methodologies.
Requirements
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Python, Java, C/C++, Go, Swift, Objective-C, PHP, or SQL .
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design principles, and debugging methodologies.
• Experience performing code reviews and evaluating code quality in production or large-scale codebases.
• Ability to analyze complex technical problems and assess solution correctness with minimal supervision.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and modern software development workflows.
• Strong written communication skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with AI/ML data annotation, NLP, prompt engineering, model evaluation, or LLM-related projects is a plus.
• Experience evaluating AI-generated code, benchmark creation, or software quality assessment is highly preferred.
Perks of Freelancing With Turing
• Work in a fully remote environment.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects with leading LLM companies.
Offer Details
• Commitments Required: At least 4 hours per day and minimum 20 hours per week with overlap of 4 hours with PST.
• Engagement type : Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)
• Duration of contract : 1 month; [expected start date is next week]
• Location : US only
Evaluation Process
• Online automated coding challenge for Python and Docker test (RHLF)
Working with TuringPay, getting started and work, from Turing's own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Paid monthly, around the 5th, straight to your bank account, or inside Deel on projects run through Deel. Its help articles disagree on whether that is the 5th calendar day or business day. help.turing.com/articles/9691407757-project-onboarding, help.turing.com/articles/6582454854-what-if-i-haven-t-rec..., help.turing.com/articles/1226770947-project-offboarding
- Before your first paid task
- A short application, with tests on some roles. Turing's review article says an interview is typically required for all roles. Onboarding covers the terms, ID verification with a driver's license or passport, and tax and payment details. help.turing.com/articles/2020987592-apply-for-jobs-at-turing, help.turing.com/articles/9179629201-how-long-does-the-app..., help.turing.com/articles/9691407757-project-onboarding
- How much work
- Review takes from 48 hours to 6 weeks after you finish applying, and the client makes the final choice. No reply within 6 weeks usually means you were not selected. help.turing.com/articles/9179629201-how-long-does-the-app..., help.turing.com/articles/2020987592-apply-for-jobs-at-turing
- Contract
- Depending on the project, the engagement rests on Turing's Terms of Service and a Service Agreement, on Deel, or on a partner that provides the contract. help.turing.com/articles/6582454854-what-if-i-haven-t-rec...
Read on the pages linked above on 23 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
How does the pay compare?Across Coding & software eval roles, not this role alone
From our own daily reads of every open listing on the platforms we follow, not from Turing's posting. How we count.
Pay across the field: Coding & software eval
Across 392 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 14 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $120 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $95.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 137 | $50 to $400 · median $100 |
| micro1 | 44 | $60 to $350 · median $120 |
| Handshake AI | 43 | $47 to $125 · median $80 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 34 | $22 to $150 · median $60 |
| Mercor | 33 | $60 to $200 · median $105 |
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This listing's history
- First seen here on 19 Sep 2026, and still on Turing's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- Posted by Turing
- First seen by AIPayList
- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- 91017
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