Senior Software Engineer (Agentic Coding RL Environments)

Responsibilities

• Build coding RL environments and benchmarks that test how agents perform on realistic software engineering tasks
• Design tasks based on real engineering work
• Review and red-team model output to surface meaningful failures
• Write the tests, rubrics, and success criteria that separate good work from slop
• Give structured feedback that improves future models

Qualifications (Must-Have)

• Professional software engineering experience shipping real, scaled production systems
• Expertise in at least one common tech stack (TypeScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, Rust, Go, or C++)
• Strong judgment about what "good code" and a "meaningful model failure" look like
• Comfort working independently, and giving direct, code-review-style feedback
• Availability for a meaningful commitment (most contributors work 20 to 40+ hours per week)

Note

You do not need prior AI or ML experience. Strong engineering judgment and attention to detail matter most.

What Makes This Different

• No managers, 1:1s, OKR ceremonies, or Jira backlog grooming
• You choose when and where you work
• You are judged on the quality of what you produce, not speed

Application Process

• Coding capability screen (replaces a multi-round interview loop)
• ID verification
• Background check
• Paid first real task. Do well, and you're on the team.

Contact

Questions?: Email swe@surgehq.ai