Remote Open-Source Code Reviewer & QA Engineer

AuraOne, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

AuraOne, Inc. seeks a Software Engineer (Open Source Contributor) to remotely assess production code, debug traces, and evaluate AI outputs for correctness. You will reproduce results in a sandbox, write a minimal failing test, and explain fixes to guide the modeling team.

Responsibilities include grading solutions for correctness and style, ranking paired solutions with a rubric, and documenting recurring failures for the next iteration. Remote contractor role with US eligibility.

Qualifications

• Strong day‑job engineering experience — you can read, run, and debug unfamiliar code for Software Engineer (Open Source Contributor) 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 equivalent).
• Clear written reasoning — your review note should 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 candidate code outputs in a sandboxed environment.
• Grade software engineer review solutions for correctness, style, and edge cases.
• Write the smallest failing test that demonstrates a model's bug.
• Compare paired solutions and rank them with a rubric‑driven rationale.
• Tag failure modes with severity scores (compile error, runtime crash, off‑by‑one, security issue).
• Document recurring code‑generation failures for the modeling team.
• Calibrate against gold‑standard reviews to maintain inter‑rater agreement.

Skills

Code review

Debugging

Unit testing

Software engineering judgment

Software engineer engineering review

Software engineering

Tools

pytest

Jest

JUnit

Go test

RSpec

Job description

AuraOne, Inc. seeks a Software Engineer (Open Source Contributor) to remotely assess production code, debug traces, and evaluate AI outputs for correctness. You will reproduce results in a sandbox, write a minimal failing test, and explain fixes to guide the modeling team.

Responsibilities include grading solutions for correctness and style, ranking paired solutions with a rubric, and documenting recurring failures for the next iteration. Remote contractor role with US eligibility.