Open Source Contributor (GitHub)

Position: Open Source Contributor (GitHub)

Type: Contractor

Compensation: $100–$150/hour

Location: Global — Fully Remote

About the Prospect
We are seeking experienced Open-Source Software Engineers to contribute to an AI training project focused on software development, repository exploration, debugging, system architecture, and code evaluation.
The role involves working with real-world software repositories, solving complex engineering tasks, reviewing AI-generated code, and contributing practical software-engineering expertise to improve AI systems.
Responsibilities
• Explore and understand unfamiliar software repositories.
• Develop, modify, debug, and test front-end and back-end components.
• Trace data and execution across APIs, services, libraries, databases, and dependencies.
• Reproduce issues and identify root causes.
• Implement solutions aligned with existing architecture and coding standards.
• Write unit, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests.
• Review AI-generated code for correctness, security, completeness,



and maintainability.
• Translate software implementations between programming languages when required.

Required Qualifications
• Public or verifiable GitHub profile with meaningful open-source contributions.
• Strong qualified software-engineering experience.
• Experience working with multiple programming languages.
• Ability to understand, modify, and debug unfamiliar codebases.
• Demonstrated contributions through substantial repositories, pull requests, issues, or personally authored code.

Preferred Qualifications
• Proficiency in Python, Java, Rust, C++, TypeScript, Go, JavaScript, C#, Ruby, or PHP.
• Experience maintaining or contributing to established open-source projects.
• Background in software architecture, code review, debugging, or AI-generated code evaluation.

Compensation & Engagement
• Compensation: $100–$150/hour
• Engagement Type: Contractor
• Work Arrangement: Fully remote
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