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Confidential lists this Open Source Software Engineer (GitHub) opportunity in Natural Steps, Arkansas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Contribute your open-source engineering expertise to AI training work that tests and improves software development capabilities across real-world codebases. You will investigate unfamiliar repositories, solve and evaluate complex engineering tasks, and help translate complete software builds between programming languages.
Key Responsibilities Create, solve, review, and validate challenging software engineering tasks spanning front-end and back-end systems.
Explore unfamiliar repositories and understand their architecture, conventions, and contribution standards.
Implement, modify, and debug front-end and back-end components.
Trace data flow and execution across interfaces, services, libraries, APIs, databases, and external dependencies.
Reproduce reported issues, identify root causes, and implement solutions that fit the existing project architecture.
Write unit, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests.
Review AI-generated patches for correctness, completeness, security, and maintainability.
Help translate full coding builds from one programming language to another.
Qualifications Public or otherwise verifiable GitHub profile.
Meaningful ownership of, or contributions to, one or more open-source repositories.
Ability to discuss repositories, pull requests, issues, and code you personally authored.
Demonstrated engineering contributions beyond documentation-only updates, dependency bumps, formatting changes, or minor typo fixes.
Strong experience in front-end, back-end, full-stack, systems, developer tooling, infrastructure, or another substantial technical area.
Experience working with multiple programming languages and modifying unfamiliar codebases.
Relevant languages may include Python, Java, Rust, C++, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, C#, Ruby, PHP, or other languages used in substantial open-source projects.
Work Terms Global, fully remote independent contractor engagement.
Approximately 15 hours per week.
Flexible schedule, with freedom to choose your working hours and days, including weekends if needed.
Selected contributors should be ready to begin immediately and complete their first tasks within 24 to 48 hours after onboarding.
Compensation Target compensation is $100 to $150 per hour.
Payment is output-based and made per task that meets project specifications. Time required per task varies based on experience and workflow.
Minimum weekly task-submission requirements apply.
Application Process Submit an application and complete screening questions.
Complete an approximately 30-minute AI interview.
Advance through hiring manager review.
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