Remote Software Engineer (JavaScript)

Turing; Kolkata District; Remote; INR 1,674,000 - 2,344,000; Full 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 at the tech lead level in Kolkata, India. This role involves hands-on software engineering, evaluating how LLMs interact with code, and collaboration on AI research projects. Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of experience, and proficiency with Git and Docker is essential. This is a fully remote opportunity offering flexibility in commitment hours alongside groundbreaking AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of overall experience.
• Proficiency with Git, Docker, and basic software pipeline setup.
• Comfortable running, modifying, and testing real-world projects locally.
• Comfortable running, modifying, and testing real-world projects locally.
• 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 and identify repositories and issues that are challenging for LLMs.
• Lead a team of junior engineers to collaborate on projects.

Skills

Git

Docker

Navigating complex codebases

Running real-world projects

Open-source contributions

Tools

Git

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

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 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) familiar with high‑quality public GitHub repositories to contribute to this project. The 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 (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)

Seniority

Associate