Software Engineer (Canada)

Opportunity Overview

Handshake is looking for experienced software engineers to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. This is not a traditional job — you'll draw on your hands-on experience building and reasoning about production systems and software architecture to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI reason like a practicing software engineer.

This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role.

What You'll Do

• Use your domain expertise to create expert-level software engineering problems and scenarios grounded in real system design, architecture, and implementation work
• Review and evaluate AI-generated responses for technical accuracy, practical feasibility, and alignment with how the work is actually done
• Provide structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance
• Complete tasks at your own pace with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement

Ideal candidates meet all three of the following

Additional qualifications (not required, but strengthen your application)

• Industry/research experience — minimum 5 years of professional, direct hands-on work as a software engineer
• Degree — Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Backend systems and distributed architecture
• Infrastructure, cloud platforms, and DevOps
• Systems programming and performance engineering
• Experience at a recognized, top-tier tech company

Required for all applicants

• Must have Canadian work authorization
• Strong written communication and attention to detail
• Ability to explain complex software engineering concepts clearly
• Ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment