Remote Java Review Engineer: Code Quality & Testing

AuraOne; United States; On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

AuraOne is seeking a Backend Java Developer for a remote engineering review track. You will evaluate Java code, reproduce failures, and write minimal failing tests to guide the modeling team.

This contractor role expects strong Java experience, ability to debug unfamiliar code, and clear reasoning to persuade senior engineers. Work is remote, US-eligible, with hourly compensation to be confirmed after the interview.

Qualifications

• Strong day-job Java experience — you can read, run, and debug unfamiliar code for Backend Java Developer 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.

Responsibilities

• Run and reproduce Java code outputs in a sandboxed environment for Backend Java Developer assignments.
• Grade java 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.

Skills

Code review

Debugging

Unit testing

Software engineering judgment

Java engineering

Software engineering

Tools

JUnit

pytest

Jest

Job description

AuraOne is seeking a Backend Java Developer for a remote engineering review track. You will evaluate Java code, reproduce failures, and write minimal failing tests to guide the modeling team.

This contractor role expects strong Java experience, ability to debug unfamiliar code, and clear reasoning to persuade senior engineers. Work is remote, US-eligible, with hourly compensation to be confirmed after the interview.