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Senior Software Engineer

$120/hr

Published pay. The final rate depends on your test, experience and country.

United States Language: English Posted 23 Oct 2026

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our partner is hiring Senior Software Engineers to work on a project with a leading AI research lab. You'll apply your open-source engineering experience to real software engineering work.

You're a good fit if you:

  • Work as a Senior, Staff or Principal Software Engineer (or equivalent senior individual contributor)
  • Actively contribute to open-source projects, with merged pull requests or commits in the last 6 months
  • Maintain or contribute to projects with real adoption, such as 100+ GitHub stars or clear package usage

Location: United States.

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