Senior Python Engineer - AI Code Reviewer (Remote)

prolificacademicltd; United States; Remote; USD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible task-based work

Up to $50/hour

Job summary

ProlificAcademicLtd is seeking a senior Python engineer to contribute expertise to the training and evaluation of AI systems. You will assess generated code and explanations, test implementations, and provide structured feedback to improve how models handle software engineering problems.

Responsibilities include checking Python code for correctness and readability, reviewing explanations, running scripts to verify behavior, and flagging security or memory-management issues.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Professional experience as a senior software engineer or developer specializing in Python.
• Ability to solve medium to hard algorithmic problems independently in Python.
• Strong knowledge of Python internals and features, including the GIL, decorators, generators, memory management, and asynchronous programming.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, GraphQL, and testing tools such as pytest or unittest.

Responsibilities

• Check AI-generated Python for correctness, readability, maintainability, and alignment with established practices.
• Review explanations of algorithmic solutions and identify gaps or errors in the reasoning.
• Run generated scripts to confirm their behavior, outputs, and performance.
• Flag inefficient approaches, outdated syntax, nonexistent library features, security issues, and potential memory leaks.
• Give clear feedback on model responses involving backend design, data pipelines, and API development.
• Complete an initial skills assessment as part of joining the expert pool.

Skills

Python

Senior software engineer

Algorithmic problems

Python internals

GIL

Decorators

Generators

Memory management

Asynchronous programming

REST APIs

GraphQL

pytest

unittest

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Django

FastAPI

Flask

pytest

unittest

Job description

ProlificAcademicLtd is seeking a senior Python engineer to contribute expertise to the training and evaluation of AI systems. You will assess generated code and explanations, test implementations, and provide structured feedback to improve how models handle software engineering problems.

Responsibilities include checking Python code for correctness and readability, reviewing explanations, running scripts to verify behavior, and flagging security or memory-management issues.