Remote Senior Software Engineer - 34123

JR United Kingdom; Colchester; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading AI company is looking for a Remote Senior Software Engineer in Colchester to contribute to LLM evaluation projects. The role involves analyzing GitHub issues, configuring code repositories, and collaborating with researchers to enhance AI systems. This is a unique opportunity to combine software engineering with cutting-edge AI research, suitable for candidates with extensive experience in maintaining high-quality GitHub projects.

Benefits

Work in a fully remote environment

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience working with well-maintained, widely-used repositories with 500+ stars.
• Proficiency with Git, Docker, and basic software pipeline setup.
• Comfortable running and modifying codebases locally.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and triage GitHub issues across trending open-source libraries.
• Set up and configure code repositories, including Dockerization.
• Collaborate with researchers to identify challenging repositories for LLMs.

Skills

Git

Docker

Software pipeline setup

Complex codebase navigation

Open-source contribution evaluation

Job description

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Client:

Turing

Location:

colchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

About the projects:

We are building LLM evaluation and training datasets to train LLM to work on realistic software engineering problems. One of our approaches, in this project, is to build verifiable SWE tasks based on public repository histories in a synthetic approach with human-in-the-loop; while expanding the dataset coverage to different types of tasks in terms of programming language, difficulty level, and etc.

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. You should have experience working with well-maintained, widely-used repos with 500+ stars. This role involves hands-on software engineering work, including development environment automation, issue triaging, and evaluating test coverage and quality

Why Join Us?

Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems. You’ll be at the forefront of evaluating how LLMs interact with real code, influencing the future of AI-assisted software development. This is a unique opportunity to blend practical software engineering with AI research.

What does day-to-day look like:

• 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.

Required Skills:

• Experience working with well-maintained, widely-used repositories with 500+ stars
• 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.
• Experience contributing to or evaluating open-source projects is a plus.

Note: Experience working with well-maintained, widely-used repositories (500+ stars) is required.

Nice to Have:

• Previous participation in LLM research or evaluation projects.
• Experience building or testing developer tools or automation agents.
• Perks of Freelancing With Turing:
• Work in a fully remote environment.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects with leading LLM companies.
• Commitment required: 20 hours per week with some overlap with PST
• Employment type: Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)
• Duration of contract: 1 month with expected start date as next week