Senior Software Engineering Expert — AI Code Review (Remote)

AuraOne, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Part time

Job summary

AuraOne, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Expert for AI Code Review (Remote). You will evaluate production code, reproduce failures, and draft unit tests to guide improvements for the modeling team. This remote contractor role requires clear reasoning and reliable weekly availability.

You will grade outputs, write minimal failing tests, and document recurring failures to help target gaps. Experience with code review and testing is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to read, run, and debug unfamiliar code.
• Capable of writing concise unit tests that reveal a single failure mode.
• Experience with at least one testing framework (pytest, Jest, JUnit, etc.).
• Clear, persuasive written reasoning for reviews.

Responsibilities

• Run and reproduce candidate code outputs in a sandboxed environment for Senior Software Engineering Expert — AI Code Review (Remote) assignments.
• Grade senior software engineering expert solutions for correctness, style, and edge-case handling.
• Write minimal failing tests that demonstrate the bug a model output missed.
• Compare paired solutions and rank them with a written rationale tied to the rubric.
• Tag failure modes (compile error, runtime crash, off-by-one, security issue) with severity scores.
• Document recurring code-generation failures so the modeling team can target them.
• Calibrate against gold-standard reviews to keep inter-rater agreement above target.

Skills

Code review

Debugging

Unit testing

Software engineering judgment

Engineering review

Tools

pytest

Jest

JUnit

Go test

RSpec

Job description

Senior Software Engineering Expert — AI Code Review (Remote) is a remote engineering review track for evaluating production code, debugging traces, and developer-facing AI outputs against real-world correctness standards. Reviewers reproduce failures, write the unit test the model should have written, and explain the fix so the modeling team can target the gap.

Why this role matters

Engineering model quality lives or dies on whether the generated code actually compiles, passes tests, and handles edge cases. AuraOne pairs experienced engineers with the modeling team to grade outputs the way a code reviewer would.

Responsibilities

• Run and reproduce candidate code outputs in a sandboxed environment for Senior Software Engineering Expert — AI Code Review (Remote) assignments.
• Grade senior software engineering experts engineering review solutions for correctness, style, and edge-case handling.
• Write minimal failing tests that demonstrate the bug a model output missed.
• Compare paired solutions and rank them with a written rationale tied to the rubric.
• Tag failure modes (compile error, runtime crash, off-by-one, security issue) with severity scores.
• Document recurring code-generation failures so the modeling team can target them.
• Calibrate against gold-standard reviews to keep inter-rater agreement above target.

Qualifications

• Strong day-job engineering experience — you can read, run, and debug unfamiliar code for Senior Software Engineering Expert — AI Code Review (Remote) 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 whatever you use.
• Clear written reasoning — your review note has to convince another senior engineer.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.
• Prior code-review or technical-interview-grading experience is a plus.

Example tasks

• Reproduce a generated engineering solution to a coding task, run the test suite, and grade it.
• Write the smallest failing test that demonstrates a model's edge-case bug.
• Compare two paired solutions and rank them with a written rationale tied to the rubric.
• Triage a security issue surfaced by a model and document the patch the model should have produced.

Nice to have

• Open-source contributions or a public portfolio that demonstrates production-quality code.
• Experience with the target language's standard tooling, linters, and idiomatic style guides.
• Familiarity with security-review checklists (OWASP, CWE) and AppSec patterns.

Skills

• Code review
• Debugging
• Unit testing
• Software engineering judgment
• Senior Software Engineering Experts engineering review

Work model

Remote — US-eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

$120–$180 / hr