Remote Python Programmer

Turing; Gurugram District; Remote; INR 1,102,000 - 1,653,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote environment

Cutting-edge AI project experience

Job summary

An innovative AI firm is seeking experienced software engineers for hands-on roles involving automation, GitHub issue triaging, and software evaluation. The position requires proficiency in Python, Git, and Docker, with a focus on real-world coding projects. This freelance opportunity offers complete remote work on cutting-edge AI projects, with a flexible commitment of 20-40 hours per week. Join a team poised to shape the future of AI-assisted software development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of overall experience.
• Strong experience with at least one programming language (Python).
• Proficiency with Git and Docker.
• Experience with 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.
• Evaluate unit test coverage.
• Modify and run codebases locally to assess LLM performance in bug-fixing scenarios.
• Collaborate with researchers to design repositories and issues challenging for LLMs.
• Potential to lead a team of junior engineers.

Skills

Python

Git

Docker

Navigating complex codebases

Testing real-world projects

Tools

Git

Docker

CI/CD

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. 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:

• 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.
• Perks of Freelancing With Turing:
  • Work in a fully remote environment.
  • Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge AI projects with leading LLM companies.
• Commitments Required: At least 4 hours per day and minimum 20 hours per week with overlap of 4 hours with PST. (We have 3 options of time commitment: 20 hrs/week, 30 hrs/week or 40 hrs/week)
• Employment type: Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)
• Duration of contract: 3 month; [expected start date is next week]

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