Junior Software Engineer

Job description

This role is for one of our clients Pay: 150–200/hour Role Type: Contractor Location: Remote

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Software Engineer to contribute to the evaluation and improvement of advanced artificial intelligence systems. This opportunity is ideal for early-career software engineers with strong programming fundamentals, analytical thinking, and practical experience developing and reviewing software applications. In this role, you will evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, quality, efficiency, and design. You will create challenging programming problems, develop reference solutions and test cases, and assess AI models' ability to solve real-world software engineering challenges. You will also review technical reasoning related to debugging, architecture, and system design, providing structured feedback to improve the reliability and performance of AI-generated solutions. The ideal candidate has professional software engineering experience, a solid understanding of programming principles, and the ability to explain technical decisions clearly. Prior experience in artificial intelligence is not required. Requirements Key Responsibilities

- AI-Generated Code Evaluation: Review AI-generated code for functional correctness, readability, maintainability, efficiency, and adherence to software engineering best practices.

- Coding Problem Development: Design challenging programming problems that assess algorithmic thinking, debugging skills, implementation quality, and practical engineering judgment.

- Reference Solution Creation: Develop accurate, well-structured reference solutions that demonstrate effective approaches to solving software engineering problems.

- Test Case Development: Create comprehensive test cases to validate functionality, identify edge cases, and detect incomplete or incorrect implementations.

- Technical Reasoning Assessment: Evaluate AI-generated explanations and decisions involving software architecture, system design, debugging, and implementation strategies.

- Code Quality Analysis: Identify bugs, inefficient algorithms, poor design choices, security concerns, and violations of established coding standards.

- Technical Feedback: Provide detailed, actionable feedback explaining errors, weaknesses, and opportunities to improve code quality and model performance.

- Documentation: Clearly document problem requirements, expected behavior, solution approaches, testing procedures, and technical evaluation findings.

- Quality Assurance: Ensure that coding tasks, reference solutions, and evaluation criteria are accurate, consistent, and reproducible.

Required Qualifications

- At least one year of professional experience as a software engineer at a well-established technology company.

- At least part of the relevant professional experience should have been gained within the past three years.

- Strong understanding of programming fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming.

- Practical experience writing, debugging, testing, and reviewing code.

- Familiarity with software development practices, including version control, code reviews, testing, and debugging.

- Ability to assess code for correctness, performance, readability, and maintainability.

- Foundational understanding of software architecture and system design principles.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions and complex engineering concepts clearly.

- Ability to work independently and deliver accurate, high-quality technical assessments.

Must-Have Skills

- Software Engineering Fundamentals

- Programming and Coding

- Data Structures and Algorithms

- Code Review and Quality Assessment

- Debugging and Troubleshooting

- Automated Testing and Test Case Development

- Problem-Solving and Logical Reasoning

- Technical Documentation and Written Communication

Good-to-Have Skills

- Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, or similar programming languages

- Object-Oriented Programming and Design Patterns

- API Development and Backend Engineering

- Software Architecture and System Design

- Performance Optimization and Profiling

- Git and Version Control

- Unit Testing and Integration Testing

- CI/CD and Software Development Workflows

- AI-Generated Code Evaluation

- Familiarity with AI coding assistants and model benchmarking

Preferred Qualifications

- Professional software engineering experience at a recognized technology company.

- Experience developing and maintaining production-quality applications, services, or APIs.

- Familiarity with reviewing complex codebases and identifying implementation weaknesses.

- Experience designing coding exercises, technical assessments, or automated evaluation tests.

- Candidates based in English-speaking countries are preferred.

- Ability to communicate technical findings in clear, structured, and concise English.