Python SWE

AuraOne, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 117,000 - 158,000; Part time

Job summary

AuraOne, Inc. seeks a Python SWE evaluator for a remote contractor track to review Python code, reproduce results, and write tests that reveal model gaps. You will explain fixes to help the modeling team target edge cases.

Responsibilities include running code in a sandbox, grading solutions for correctness and style, and documenting recurring failures with clear, rubric-based rationales.

Qualifications

• Strong day-job Python experience — read, run, and debug unfamiliar Python code.
• Comfort writing concise unit tests that capture a single failure mode.
• Familiarity with a testing framework: pytest, Jest, or JUnit (Go test, RSpec, etc.).
• Clear written reasoning to convince a senior engineer.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.
• Prior code-review or technical-interview-grading experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Run and reproduce Python code outputs in a sandboxed environment for Python SWE assignments.
• Grade python engineering solutions for correctness, style, and edge-case handling.
• Write minimal failing tests that demonstrate the bug a model output missed.
• Compare paired solutions and rank them with a written rationale tied to the rubric.
• Tag failure modes with severity scores.
• Document recurring code-generation failures so the modeling team can target them.
• Calibrate against gold-standard reviews to keep inter-rater agreement above target.

Skills

Python experience

Unit testing

Code review

Written reasoning

Async availability

Tools

pytest

Jest

JUnit

Go test

RSpec

Job description

Python SWE is a remote engineering review track for evaluating Python code, debugging traces, and developer-facing AI outputs against real-world correctness standards. Reviewers reproduce failures, write the unit test the model should have written, and explain the fix so the modeling team can target the gap.

Why this role matters

Python model quality lives or dies on whether the generated code actually compiles, passes tests, and handles edge cases. AuraOne pairs experienced engineers with the modeling team to grade outputs the way a code reviewer would.

Responsibilities

• Run and reproduce Python code outputs in a sandboxed environment for Python SWE assignments.
• Grade python engineering solutions for correctness, style, and edge-case handling.
• Write minimal failing tests that demonstrate the bug a model output missed.
• Compare paired solutions and rank them with a written rationale tied to the rubric.
• Tag failure modes (compile error, runtime crash, off-by-one, security issue) with severity scores.
• Document recurring code-generation failures so the modeling team can target them.
• Calibrate against gold-standard reviews to keep inter-rater agreement above target.

Qualifications

• Strong day-job Python experience — you can read, run, and debug unfamiliar code for Python SWE work.
• Comfort writing concise unit tests that capture a single failure mode.
• Familiarity with a testing framework. pytest, Jest, or JUnit. Go test, RSpec, or whatever you use.
• Clear written reasoning — your review note has to convince another senior engineer.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.
• Prior code-review or technical-interview-grading experience is a plus.

Example tasks

• Reproduce a generated Python solution to a coding task, run the test suite, and grade it.
• Write the smallest failing test that demonstrates a model's edge-case bug.
• Compare two paired solutions and rank them with a written rationale tied to the rubric.
• Triage a security issue surfaced by a model and document the patch the model should have produced.

Nice to have

• Open-source contributions or a public portfolio that demonstrates production-quality code.
• Experience with Python's standard tooling, linters, and idiomatic style guides.
• Familiarity with security-review checklists (OWASP, CWE) and AppSec patterns.

Skills

• Code review
• Debugging
• Unit testing
• Software engineering judgement
• Python engineering
• Python

Work model

Remote — US-eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

$100 / hr

Application process

Apply through AuraOne's specialist intake for role-specific routing and review. Final project scope, schedule, and contractor terms are confirmed before placement.

Strong day-job Python experience — you can read, run, and debug unfamiliar code for Python SWE work. Comfort writing concise unit tests that capture a single failure mode. Familiarity with a testing framework. pytest, Jest, or JUnit. Go test, RSpec, or whatever you use. Clear written reasoning — your review note has to convince another senior engineer. Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week. Prior code-review or technical-interview-grading experience is a plus.