Remote Python Engineer

Turing; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 167,400 - 279,000; Part time

Job summary

An innovative tech company in Pune is seeking experienced software engineers at the tech lead level to work on LLM evaluation projects. The role focuses on software engineering tasks, including analyzing GitHub issues and evaluating test coverage. Candidates should have a strong background in Python and familiarity with Docker and Git. This is a contractor assignment with a flexible commitment of 20 to 40 hours per week. Applicants must have at least 3 years of experience and the role is expected to last 3 months.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of overall experience.
• Experience contributing to or evaluating open-source projects is a plus.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Python

Git

Docker

Software pipeline setup

Complex codebases navigation

Job description

About the Projects

We are building LLM evaluation and training datasets to train LLMs to work on realistic software engineering problems. One of our approaches 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 (programming language, difficulty level, etc.).

About the Role

We are looking for experienced software engineers (tech lead level) familiar with high‑quality public GitHub repositories. The role involves hands‑on software engineering work, including development environment automation, issue triaging, and evaluating test coverage and quality.

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.
• Evaluate 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.
• Lead a team of junior engineers on projects.

Required Skills

• Minimum 3+ years of overall experience.
• Strong experience with at least one of the following languages: Python.
• 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.

Nice to Have

• Previous participation in LLM research or evaluation projects.
• Experience building or testing developer tools or automation agents.

Commitments Required

At least 4 hours per day and minimum 20 hours per week with an overlap of 4 hours with PST. Options: 20 hrs/week, 30 hrs/week, or 40 hrs/week.

Employment Type

Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave).

Duration of Contract

3 months; expected start date is next week.

After Applying

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