Software Engineer II, Reinforcement Learning Environments
IndiaFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Software Engineer II to help build the Reinforcement Learning Environments (RLE) platform for Handshake AI, partnering with US teams to design, implement, and scale backend services, data pipelines, and modular environment domains to support frontier AI model training and evaluation.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale our Reinforcement Learning Environments (RLE) platform and the infrastructure that powers it
- Partner closely with Engineering, Research, Product, and Operations teams in the US to execute against a shared roadmap
- Design and implement scalable backend services and data generation pipelines
- Build modular environment domains that integrate seamlessly with model training and evaluation workflows
- Improve platform reliability, observability, performance, and developer productivity
- Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to architecture decisions
- Write high-quality, maintainable code while helping improve engineering standards and best practices
Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend systems, distributed systems, or platform infrastructure
- Strong proficiency with TypeScript, React, and modern backend architectures
- Strong understanding of PostgreSQL, data modeling, distributed systems, and system design
- Experience building and operating production systems on AWS or GCP
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- Experience collaborating effectively with globally distributed engineering teams, including teams based in the US
Skills
Required:TypeScriptReactBackend architecturesPostgreSQLAWS or GCP
Benefits
- Generous Equity Grant vested over 4 years
- Housing Bonus: 1.3 Lakhs spread throughout the first year
- Well Defined Performance Bonus ranging between 10 - 100% of base
- Medical Insurance Coverage
- Food credit for every in person day
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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