Associate Forward Deployed Engineer (AI)

Location: Remote, US-eligible; at least 10 hours per week of async availability required.

Company

hirify.global Human Data runs specialist engineering review tracks for evaluating production code and developer-facing AI outputs.

What you will do

• Run and reproduce generated code outputs in a sandboxed environment.
• Grade engineering review solutions for correctness, style, and edge-case handling.
• Write minimal failing unit tests that demonstrate missed bugs.
• Compare paired solutions, rank them, and provide written rationales tied to a rubric.
• Tag compile errors, runtime crashes, off-by-one errors, and security issues with severity scores.
• Document recurring code-generation failures and calibrate against gold-standard reviews to maintain inter-rater agreement.

Requirements

• Strong day-job engineering experience with the ability to read, run, and debug unfamiliar code.
• Ability to write concise unit tests that capture a single failure mode.
• Familiarity with a testing framework such as pytest, Jest, JUnit, Go test, or RSpec.
• Clear written reasoning that can convince another senior engineer.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Nice to have

• Prior code-review or technical-interview-grading experience.
• Open-source contributions or a public portfolio demonstrating production-quality code.
• Experience with standard tooling, linters, and idiomatic style guides for the target language.
• Familiarity with security-review checklists, OWASP, CWE, and application-security patterns.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote independent specialist contractor arrangement.
• Async work with program-defined task volume and review pacing.
• Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process.
• Placement depends on current program demand and reviewer confirmation.

Hiring process

• Confirm profile and eligibility details during specialist intake.
• Attach the selected role to the application.
• Receive follow-up if the profile fits a current program.