Remote Software Engineer (JavaScript)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote environment

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects

Job summary

A leading AI company in Pune is seeking experienced software engineers at the tech lead level to work on LLM training datasets and software engineering projects. Responsibilities include analyzing GitHub issues, setting up code environments, and evaluating unit test coverage. Ideal candidates will have at least 3 years of experience with Git, Docker, and complex codebases. This role offers the opportunity to work remotely and engage in cutting-edge AI projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of overall experience.
• Proficient in Git and Docker.
• Able to understand and navigate complex codebases.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and triage GitHub issues.
• Set up and configure code repositories.
• Evaluate unit test coverage.

Skills

Git

Docker

Software pipeline setup

Understanding complex codebases

Open-source project evaluation

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 who 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.
• 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
• 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. (Three options of time commitment: 20 hrs/week, 30 hrs/week, or 40 hrs/week)

Employment Type

• Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)

After applying

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