Senior Remote Open-Source Maintainer & AI Code Evaluator

Synthires; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnatus LLC places professionals within client teams as an Open Source Maintainer / Core Contributor for an AI research project. This remote Software Engineer role focuses on developing tasks, evaluating AI-generated code, and maintaining a mature open-source codebase.

You will review PRs, create reference solutions, build and test locally with Docker, and provide detailed feedback. The contract runs 30-40 hours per week, weekdays, with an exclusive engagement at $150 per hour.

Qualifications

• Must be a maintainer or core contributor of a widely used open-source project.
• Verifiable history of sustained open-source contributions through your GitHub account.
• Senior-level code review skills and ability to assess AI-generated code, tests, and edge cases.
• Hands-on experience building and testing projects locally, including with Docker.
• Strong written communication and technical reasoning skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop realistic engineering tasks based on an open-source project you know well, including features, refactoring, and bug fixes.
• Create accurate reference solutions and evaluation materials.
• Review AI-generated code, tests, and grading rubrics against repository architecture and quality standards.
• Build, run, and test projects locally, including using Docker.
• Provide detailed technical feedback and explain the strengths and weaknesses of AI-generated solutions.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to maintain consistent and accurate training data.

Skills

Open source maintainer

Core contributor

Code review

Technical writing

GitHub history

Remote collaboration

Tools

Docker

Job description

Cincinnatus LLC places professionals within client teams as an Open Source Maintainer / Core Contributor for an AI research project. This remote Software Engineer role focuses on developing tasks, evaluating AI-generated code, and maintaining a mature open-source codebase.

You will review PRs, create reference solutions, build and test locally with Docker, and provide detailed feedback. The contract runs 30-40 hours per week, weekdays, with an exclusive engagement at $150 per hour.