Staff AI Research Engineer: Frontier Coding Benchmarks

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Handshake is hiring a Member of Technical Staff to define how frontier coding agents are benchmarked and improved. You will partner with top researchers and engineers to develop benchmarks, verifier systems, evaluation methodologies, and data-quality techniques for coding AI. Early team members influence technical direction, culture, and open-source projects. Location: San Francisco preferred; exceptional candidates in other locations considered. #J-18808-Ljbffr Handshake

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