Remote Software Engineer (JavaScript)

Turing; Chennai District; Remote; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote environment

Work on cutting-edge AI projects

Job summary

A leading AI company is seeking experienced software engineers to work on LLM evaluation and training datasets. This role involves analyzing GitHub issues, configuring repositories, and collaborating on AI projects. Ideal candidates should have at least 3 years of experience with Git and Docker, and should be comfortable working in a fully remote environment. You will influence the future of AI-assisted software development while collaborating with researchers and potentially leading a team of junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of overall experience.
• Proficient with Git, Docker, and understanding complex codebases.
• Experience contributing to 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 and quality.
• Collaborate with researchers to identify challenging repositories.

Skills

Git

Docker

Software pipeline setup

Codebase navigation

Open-source project evaluation

Job description

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About the Projects

We are building LLM evaluation and training datasets to train LLMs to work on realistic software engineering problems. One approach 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 more.

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.

Day‑to‑Day 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 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.
• 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)

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Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Technology; Information and Internet; Software Development

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