Remote Python Developer with FastAPI Expertise

Role Overview Turing, a San Francisco-based global leader in frontier AI research and enterprise AI deployment, is looking for a skilled Python Developer with deep FastAPI expertise to contribute to an innovative Reinforcement Learning Gym project. You will be part of a high-impact team building backend infrastructure that powers AI training, evaluation, and simulation workflows. This is a fully remote contractor engagement offering the chance to work alongside top-tier ML researchers and engineers on cutting-edge AI systems. Key Responsibilities - Design, develop, and maintain scalable FastAPI-based backend services supporting experimentation and simulation environments - Collaborate closely with machine learning engineers to expose robust APIs for model training, evaluation, and benchmarking tasks - Write clean, efficient, and production-ready Python code with a strong focus on scalability and long-term maintainability - Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize data pipelines, and ensure reliable deployment of backend applications Required Qualifications - Minimum 4 years of hands-on Python development experience with at least 3 years of dedicated FastAPI work - Solid experience with REST APIs, asynchronous programming, and managing the full API lifecycle - Strong grasp of software engineering best practices including testing, CI/CD pipelines, version control, and design patterns - Familiarity with NumPy, Pandas, and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow is an added advantage - Exposure to Reinforcement Learning environments like OpenAI Gym, Gymnasium, or Stable Baselines is preferred but not required - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related discipline Why Join Us Turing offers you the flexibility of a fully remote work environment along with the rare opportunity to contribute to frontier AI projects alongside leading LLM companies and world-class researchers. If you are passionate about building scalable AI infrastructure and want your work to create measurable real-world impact, this is the role for you.

- 4+ years of professional Python development experience - 3+ years of strong hands-on FastAPI experience - Proficiency in REST APIs and asynchronous programming - Experience with API lifecycle management - Knowledge of CI/CD, version control, and software design patterns - Familiarity with NumPy, Pandas, PyTorch, or TensorFlow - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field - Ability to commit at least 4 hours per day with 20 hours per week minimum - Overlap of at least 4 hours with PST time zone

- Fully remote work flexibility - Opportunity to work on cutting-edge frontier AI and LLM projects - Exposure to leading AI research organizations globally - Referral earning program via turing.com/referrals