Synthires
Software Engineer – Open Source (Remote | $100–$150/hr)
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Open Source Contributor (GitHub)
Position: Open Source Contributor (GitHub)
Type: Contractor
Compensation: $100–$150/hour
Location: Global — Fully Remote
About the Opportunity
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.
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Required Qualifications
- Public or verifiable GitHub profile with meaningful open-source contributions.
- Strong professional 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.
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Compensation & Engagement
Compensation: $100–$150/hour
Engagement Type: Contractor
Work Arrangement: Fully remote
Location: Global
Expected Commitment: Approximately 15 hours/week
Schedule: Flexible
Compensation Model: Output-based, with minimum weekly submission requirements
Application Process
- Submit your application with your resume and a public or verifiable GitHub profile.
- Provide details of meaningful open-source repositories, pull requests, issues, or code contributions you have personally authored.
- Complete the role-specific screening questions.
- Complete an approximately 30-minute AI interview.
- Complete the hiring manager review.
- Complete onboarding and project-specific instructions if selected.
- Begin contributing to software-engineering tasks, repository analysis, debugging, testing, and AI-generated code evaluation.
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