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Member of Technical Staff, Coding Research at micro1
A research and engineering role dedicated to measuring how well coding agents perform. The staff member designs benchmarks, scoring rubrics, and datasets, analyzes model failures, and builds tooling for large-scale experiments and review workflows. Results feed into training and evaluation decisions and into client-facing reports, which makes careful methodology central to the job.
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What you would do
- Design evaluation frameworks, benchmark specifications, and scoring rubrics for coding agents
- Lead research initiatives on measuring and improving coding model performance
- Develop datasets, golden examples, and evaluation protocols
- Build tooling for experimentation, data generation, and review workflows
What the listing asks for
- Strong software engineering background in Python, C++, or comparable languages
- 3+ years in software engineering, machine learning, AI research, or evaluation
- Experience designing or validating technical assessments, benchmarks, or coding tasks
- Familiarity with LLMs, coding agents, reinforcement learning, or model evaluation
- Preferred: frontier AI or benchmark design experience and publications or open-source work
Suits professionals who are strong software engineers, enjoy analyzing how AI models fail, and are comfortable with fast-moving research ambiguity.
The listing as micro1 posted it
This is micro1's public listing for the role, read October 29, 2026, with dashes and placeholder links cleaned up. The listing is micro1's text; the summary above and everything below it is ours.
Job Title: Member of Technical Staff, Coding Research
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Remote
The Role
We are seeking a Member of Technical Staff to help advance the evaluation and development of frontier coding agents. Sitting at the intersection of AI research, software engineering, and model evaluation, you will design the benchmarks, methodologies, and data systems that shape how next-generation coding models are measured and improved.
What You'll Do
- Design and own evaluation frameworks for coding agents, including benchmark specifications, scoring methodologies, rubrics, and quality standards.
- Lead end-to-end research initiatives focused on measuring and improving coding model performance across diverse software engineering tasks.
- Develop high-quality datasets, golden examples, and evaluation protocols that enable reliable assessment of frontier coding systems.
- Analyze model behavior and failure modes, identifying systematic weaknesses and translating findings into actionable improvements for training and evaluation.
- Build tooling and infrastructure that support large-scale experimentation, data generation, review workflows, and evaluation pipelines.
- Establish best practices for coding-agent assessment, ensuring methodological rigor, reproducibility, and measurement quality.
- Partner closely with researchers, engineers, and applied AI teams to design experiments and evaluate emerging model capabilities.
- Contribute to technical reports, benchmark studies, and client-facing research initiatives that communicate model performance and insights.
What We're Looking For
- Strong software engineering background with expertise in Python, C++, or comparable programming languages.
- 3+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning, AI research, evaluation, or related technical disciplines.
- Experience designing, reviewing, or validating technical assessments, benchmarks, coding tasks, or evaluation methodologies.
- Familiarity with large language models, coding agents, reinforcement learning, model evaluation, or related AI systems.
- Proven ability to build tooling, automate workflows, and improve technical processes through systematic experimentation.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate model behavior and derive insights from complex technical systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate technical findings to diverse audiences.
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving research environments with significant ambiguity and evolving priorities.
Preferred
- Experience working on frontier AI systems, coding agents, or model evaluation research.
- Deep interest in understanding how data, evaluations, and feedback mechanisms influence model capabilities.
- Track record of independently driving ambiguous technical or research projects from conception to execution.
- Experience designing benchmarks or datasets for machine learning systems at scale.
- Familiarity with agentic workflows, tool use, reinforcement learning, or post-training methodologies.
- Publications, open-source contributions, or demonstrated technical leadership in AI, machine learning, or software engineering.
Compensation & Benefits Notice
The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $200,000-$260,000 USD. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. micro1 provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.
Our hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement, not replace, human decision-making.
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Pay and terms
The listing states $200,000 to $260,000 a year. That is the compensation micro1 published for this full-time role, not an offer. On extras, the listing says: Eligible for equity compensation and possible performance-based bonuses, plus health-insurance premium reimbursement up to 100%, paid time off, and a 401(k) with company match.
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People also ask
What does "technical staff" mean?
This page cannot give a general definition. At micro1, the Member of Technical Staff, Coding Research title covers designing benchmarks, scoring rubrics and datasets for coding agents, analyzing model failure modes, and building tooling for large-scale experiments and review workflows. Other employers may use the title differently.
How much do members of technical staff make?
This site does not publish market salary data for the title and gives no general figure. micro1's listing for its Member of Technical Staff, Coding Research role states a base salary of $200,000 to $260,000 a year, with eligibility for equity compensation, possible performance-based bonuses, paid time off and a 401(k) with company match.
How much does the Member of Technical Staff, Coding Research role at micro1 pay?
The listing states $200,000 to $260,000 a year. That is the compensation micro1 published for this full-time role. On extras, the listing says: Eligible for equity compensation and possible performance-based bonuses, plus health-insurance premium reimbursement up to 100%, paid time off, and a 401(k) with company match. Check the listing for the current figure and for anything it does not spell out, such as equity or benefits.
Is the Member of Technical Staff, Coding Research role remote?
Yes. The listing describes it as remote work. On where you can be based, it says: remote. Read the eligibility line on the listing before you apply.
How do I apply for the Member of Technical Staff, Coding Research role?
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