Python QA Lead - Remote

YO IT Consulting; Auckland; On-site; NZD 55,104 - 96,432; Part time

Job summary

YO IT Consulting is seeking a Python Quality Assurance Lead for a remote hourly contractor role. You will oversee quality across Python AI training projects, review AI-generated Python code and trainer work, and provide precise feedback to ensure alignment with client rubrics.

You’ll spot recurring quality issues, update teams on guidelines, and help onboard contributors to maintain high standards. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in Python development and QA, strong English, and experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, SE, data science, or equivalent professional software experience.
• Strong English to follow guidelines and provide clear feedback.
• 3+ years in Python development, backend engineering, automation, QA, teaching or mentoring.
• Solid Python fundamentals: data structures, functions, classes, modules, tests.
• Ability to evaluate Python content against rubrics and identify issues.
• Familiar with pytest/unittest, typing/mypy, tooling and frameworks.
• Experience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers or QAs.
• Comfort with Discord, Google Sheets/docs, trackers and dashboards.
• Experience with AI training, data annotation or rubric-based code review is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Spot-check Python items, identify quality issues, provide feedback.
• Review AI-generated Python code, debugging, algorithms, tests and explanations.
• Update trainers/QAs on Discord about guidelines and quality expectations.
• Respond to questions on Python syntax, runtime behavior, exceptions, testing and security.
• DM inactive contributors, track follow-ups, flag availability issues.
• Create and maintain Python documentation, style guides, onboarding materials.
• Run onboarding/training calls for Python contributors.
• Flag insecure or non-production-ready Python recommendations.
• Identify recurring quality gaps and improve Python QA workflows.

Skills

Python development

Quality assurance

Remote team leadership

Code review

Documentation writing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology, or equivalent

Tools

pytest

unittest

typing

mypy

pip

poetry

virtualenv

FastAPI

Flask

Django

requests

asyncio

pandas

SQLAlchemy

GitHub

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

Job Title

Python Quality Assurance Lead

Job Type

Contract

Location

Remote

About This Role

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Python Quality Assurance Lead to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across Python AI training projects. You’ll review AI‑generated Python code and trainer/QA work, evaluate output quality against project guidelines, provide precise written feedback, and ensure contributors follow expected quality standards. You will assess work for code correctness, runtime behavior, debugging accuracy, readability, maintainability, performance, security awareness, test coverage, formatting, instruction‑following, and adherence to project‑specific rubrics. You will spot recurring quality issues, communicate updates to trainers and QAs, support onboarding, maintain documentation, and help activate contributors who are not working consistently. This role is a fast‑growing AI Data Services company delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation‑model labs. Your Python quality leadership will directly help improve the world’s premier AI models by ensuring that Python training data is accurate, executable, idiomatic, clearly explained, well‑documented, and aligned with client expectations. The selection process involves an AI interview, a domain‑specific task, and an interview with a recruiter. Important: There is no immediate project for this role; however, if qualified, you will be among the first experts we reach out to when relevant opportunities arise. This will also provide you with access to future projects available through our expert network.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology, or equivalent professional software engineering experience.
• Strong grasp of the English language to follow guidelines, communicate with teams, and provide clear technical feedback.
• 3+ years of professional experience in Python development, backend engineering, automation, scripting, data workflows, code review, QA, teaching, or technical mentoring.
• Strong understanding of Python fundamentals such as data structures, functions, classes, modules, exceptions, comprehensions, iterators, generators, decorators, context managers, virtual environments, packaging, and testing.
• Ability to evaluate Python content against rubrics and identify issues such as incorrect logic, non‑executable code, poor exception handling, inefficient algorithms, unsafe file/network operations, hallucinated APIs, or incomplete explanations.
• Familiarity with pytest, unittest, typing, mypy, pip, poetry, virtualenv, FastAPI, Flask, Django, requests, asyncio, pandas, SQLAlchemy, GitHub, Docker, and CI/CD is preferred.
• Experience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, engineers, reviewers, annotators, educators, or QAs is strongly preferred.
• Comfortable with Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and project management systems.
• Highly organized and able to maintain style guides, FAQs, trackers, onboarding materials, honeypots, calibration tasks, and documentation.
• Experience with AI training, data annotation, LLM evaluation, code QA, or rubric‑based code review is a strong plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Spot‑check Python items, identify quality issues, provide feedback through DMs, and elevate recurring or critical issues.
• Review AI‑generated Python code, debugging responses, algorithms, backend snippets, automation scripts, tests, and explanations.
• Update trainers/QAs on Discord about guidelines, workflow updates, and Python‑specific quality expectations.
• Respond to questions around Python syntax, runtime behavior, exceptions, package usage, testing, typing, security, performance, and rubric interpretation.
• DM inactive contributors, encourage activation, track follow‑ups, and flag availability issues.
• Create and maintain Python documentation, style guides, trackers, FAQs, examples, honeypots, and onboarding materials.
• Run onboarding/training calls for Python contributors.
• Flag misleading, non‑executable, insecure, inefficient, or non‑production‑ready Python recommendations.
• Identify recurring quality gaps and improve Python QA workflows.