Senior Open-Source Engineer — Remote Contractor (15 hrs/wk)

Chris Baily; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 82,000; Part time

Job summary

Chris Baily is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to serve as a remote contractor (~15 hours per week). You will craft and assess software engineering tasks for AI training, build reproducible environments, and provide reference solutions across Python, Java, Rust, C++, and TypeScript.

The role emphasizes strong open-source contributions, debugging complex systems, and documenting technical decisions. Familiarity with large codebases and performance optimization is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python, Java, Rust, C++, and TypeScript in production
• Strong fundamentals in algorithms and data structures
• Ability to debug complex systems and optimize performance
• Experience refactoring large, legacy codebases is a plus
• Open-source contributions on GitHub or GitLab are welcome

Responsibilities

• Create expert-level software engineering tasks involving bug fixing, feature implementation, refactoring, and optimization.
• Develop reproducible environments and golden reference solutions for AI evaluation.
• Review and validate technical submissions for quality and accuracy.
• Document technical reasoning, solutions, and code decisions.
• Build reproducible environments and reference solutions for AI training tasks.

Skills

Python 3

Java

Rust

C++

TypeScript

Algorithms & Data Structures

Bug Fixing

Feature Implementation

Codebase Refactoring

Performance Optimization

Job description

Chris Baily is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to serve as a remote contractor (~15 hours per week). You will craft and assess software engineering tasks for AI training, build reproducible environments, and provide reference solutions across Python, Java, Rust, C++, and TypeScript.

The role emphasizes strong open-source contributions, debugging complex systems, and documenting technical decisions. Familiarity with large codebases and performance optimization is a plus.