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Full-Stack Software Engineer - Testing & Evaluation

AfterQuery

AI Expert - Software Engineering Contractor
Remote (Global) $50 – $100/hr May 12, 2026

Job description

AfterQuery is hiring skilled software engineers with strong full-stack development experience to help build realistic software engineering environments and evaluation tasks for AI systems.

This role focuses on architecting technically substantial projects, structuring reproducible development environments, and creating deterministic testing workflows that mirror real-world engineering practices.

Experience with Docker and containerized workflows is required.

Responsibilities

  • Develop technically substantial software projects reflecting real-world engineering environments

  • Create structured software development challenges with:

    • Clear documentation
    • Reproducible environments
    • Deterministic evaluation criteria
  • Build deterministic test suites to verify:

    • Correctness
    • Reproducibility
    • Stability
  • Containerize projects using Docker to ensure consistent execution environments

  • Work across multi-file codebases and realistic engineering architectures

Required Qualifications

  • Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as:

    • JavaScript / TypeScript
    • Java
    • Go
    • Rust
    • C / C++
  • Experience architecting or maintaining multi-file software projects

  • Hands-on experience with:

    • Docker
    • Containerization workflows
    • Development environment setup
  • Strong technical writing and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with:

    • Full-stack architectures
    • End-to-end application development
  • Familiarity with:

    • Testing frameworks
    • Build tools
    • Code-quality workflows
    • CI/CD tooling

About AfterQuery

AfterQuery is a research lab exploring the boundaries of artificial intelligence through novel datasets and experimentation.

The company is backed by investors including:

  • Y Combinator
  • Box Group

AfterQuery supports leading AI labs through advanced AI training and evaluation initiatives.

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