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Junior Software Engineer — RL Task Design & Model Evaluation

Mechanize, Inc.

Mechanize, Inc. in San Francisco, CA is hiring to design, build, and refine reinforcement learning tasks used to train and evaluate coding models. You will own the full lifecycle: from ideation through grading infrastructure and iterative improvements for rigor and fairness. The role requires strong Python skills and the ability to work independently, with no prior ML experience required. Join a small, high-ownership team building frontier AI environments. #J-18808-Ljbffr Mechanize, Inc.

Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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