Remote Kotlin QA Lead - Elevate Code Quality & Training

Joinkeywork; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, seeks a Kotlin Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) for an hourly remote contractor role to oversee Kotlin QA across AI training projects. You will review AI-generated Kotlin code and trainer/QA work to ensure quality and adherence to guidelines.

You will assess code correctness, type safety, coroutines, Android/JVM context, readability, performance, test coverage, and rubric adherence, providing precise feedback and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, SE, IT, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent English for following guidelines and providing clear technical feedback.
• 3+ years in Kotlin, Android, JVM backend, code review, QA, or mentoring.
• Strong Kotlin syntax, null safety, data classes, sealed classes, generics, extension functions, collections, lambdas, coroutines, flows, exception handling, and Java interoperability.
• Ability to flag non-idiomatic or non-executable Kotlin code.
• Familiarity with Android, Jetpack Compose, Gradle, Ktor, Spring Boot, JUnit, MockK, Espresso, Kotlin Flow, GitHub, CI/CD, and architecture patterns.
• Experience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, engineers, reviewers, or QAs is strongly preferred.
• Comfortable with Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and PM systems.
• Highly organized and able to maintain style guides, trackers, FAQs, honeypots, calibration tasks, and onboarding materials.
• Experience with AI training, LLM evaluation, code QA, or rubric-based code review is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Spot-check Kotlin items and provide ongoing feedback through DMs.
• Review AI-generated Kotlin code, Android/JVM snippets, coroutine workflows, tests, and explanations.
• Communicate guideline changes and Kotlin-specific standards on Discord.
• Answer questions around Kotlin syntax, null safety, coroutines, Android/JVM context, tests, packages, and rubric interpretation.
• DM inactive contributors and manage activation tracking.
• Create Kotlin documentation, style guides, examples, trackers, FAQs, honeypots, and onboarding materials.
• Run onboarding/training calls for Kotlin contributors.
• Flag insecure, misleading, non-executable, or non-production-ready Kotlin recommendations.
• Improve QA processes based on recurring quality gaps.

Skills

Kotlin

Android development

JVM backend

Code review

QA

Mentoring

English (strong)

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD

Gradle

Ktor

Spring Boot

JUnit

MockK

Espresso

Job description

SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, seeks a Kotlin Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) for an hourly remote contractor role to oversee Kotlin QA across AI training projects. You will review AI-generated Kotlin code and trainer/QA work to ensure quality and adherence to guidelines.

You will assess code correctness, type safety, coroutines, Android/JVM context, readability, performance, test coverage, and rubric adherence, providing precise feedback and