Expert Specialized Systems Engineer – PHP / Fortran / Slang

**About the Opportunity** A leading AI research organization is evaluating how advanced AI systems perform in specialized engineering domains, and is seeking expert engineers with deep, hands-on experience in **PHP, Fortran, and/or Slang**. You'll apply your expertise to assess complex, real-world technical scenarios — directly shaping how cutting-edge AI performs across web, scientific-computing, and graphics domains. _Single-language specialists are strongly encouraged to apply._ **What You'll Do** - Apply your language expertise to evaluate technical tasks against real-world professional standards - Review intricate code-level situations and provide precise, structured written assessments - Work inside containerized repositories (Docker), running and interpreting programmatic and CI-style checks to judge whether an engineering environment is sound - Provide clear written rationales explaining your expert judgments - Complete well-defined, time-bounded tasks with explicit evaluation criteria **Who We're Looking For** We value strong engineering fundamentals, fast ramp-up, and high ownership over single-language pedigree alone — but deep specialists are very welcome. The ideal candidate brings: - **5+ years** of professional or research experience in one or more of: - _PHP_ — modern PHP (8+); Laravel or Symfony; large-scale web backends - _Fortran_ — modern Fortran (90/95/2003+); MPI or OpenMP parallelization; HPC, scientific computing, CFD, or computational physics - _Slang_ — GPU shader and graphics programming; real-time rendering; DirectX, Vulkan, or CUDA workflows; NVIDIA Falcor or similar frameworks - Comfort working in **Linux/Docker-based repo environments** and reading automated/CI checks — or the ability to ramp on these fast - Ability to articulate not just _what_ code does but _why_ it's correct or idiomatic, clearly in writing - _Welcomed:_ engineers from web-platform, HPC/national-lab/academic, or graphics-research and game-engine backgrounds; non-traditional digital footprints are fine — a GitHub profile is not required **Why This Work Matters** PHP, Fortran, and Slang underpin the modern web, scientific computing, and GPU graphics respectively — domains with rare depth in AI research. Your assessments directly influence how AI systems learn to operate in them. **Engagement Details** - Compensation: **$100–200/hour**, based on language, domain, and experience - Expected commitment: **20–40 hrs/week** - Task flow is variable — work tends to arrive in waves, and there can be a lag between task batches. We're looking for people who stay flexible, including availability on weekends when needed, and who take ownership of keeping the project moving forward - No proprietary tooling required — tasks are completable without employer-provided systems