Software Engineer

JobItUs; Dubai; Remote; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Part time

Job summary

A tech company is seeking a Software Engineer to work remotely, focusing on GitHub issue analysis and software development. Candidates should have over 5 years of overall experience, including 3-4 years in development with strong proficiency in Rust. The role offers opportunities for leadership and collaboration in a project-based environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of overall experience.
• Must have 3 - 4+ years of relevant software development experience.
• Strong experience with at least one of the specified languages.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and triage GitHub issues across trending open-source libraries.
• Set up and configure code repositories, including Dockerization.
• Evaluate unit test coverage and quality.

Skills

Rust

Git

Docker

Software pipeline setup

Codebase navigation

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Software Engineer

Location: Remote

Contractor Payout: USD 15 - 25 Hourly

Experience: 3 - 8 Years

Contract Duration: 3 Months

Working Hours per Day: 8

Working Hours per Week: 40

Notice Period: immediate to 1 week

Employment type: Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)

Duration of contract: 3 months with expected start date as next week

About the Role

We are looking for experienced software engineers (tech lead level) who are familiar with high-quality public GitHub repositories and can contribute to this project. This role involves hands-on software engineering work, including development environment automation, issue triaging, and evaluating test coverage and quality

Responsibilities

• Analyze and triage GitHub issues across trending open-source libraries.
• Set up and configure code repositories, including Dockerization and environment setup.
• Evaluating unit test coverage and quality.
• Modify and run codebases locally to assess LLM performance in bug-fixing scenarios.
• Collaborate with researchers to design and identify repositories and issues that are challenging for LLMs.
• Opportunities to lead a team of junior engineers to collaborate on projects.

Qualifications / Required Skills

• Minimum 5+ years of overall experience
• Must have 3 -4+ years of relevant software development experience.
• Rust - min 3+ yrs of exp.
• Strong experience with at least one of the following languages: Rust Proficiency with Git, Docker, and basic software pipeline setup.
• Ability to understand and navigate complex codebases.
• Comfortable running, modifying, and testing real-world projects locally.