Freelance Software Developer (TypeScript) - AI Trainer

Mindrift; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an AI Tutor in Coding, where you'll engage with cutting-edge AI projects while working remotely on a freelance basis. This role offers flexibility, the chance to influence AI development, and a collaborative environment focused on enhancing technological capabilities. Ideal for those with a strong background in software development and a passion for AI.

Benefits

Flexible part-time work

Work on advanced AI projects

Enhance your portfolio

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of professional experience in TypeScript.
• Advanced English level (C1) or above.
• Comfortable with engineering workflows and optimizations involving LLMs.

Responsibilities

• Generate prompts that challenge AI.
• Define scoring criteria to evaluate AI accuracy.
• Correct model responses using domain-specific knowledge.

Skills

TypeScript

Prompt engineering

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Development, Computer Science

Tools

Git

CI/CD

ESLint

Webpack

Jest/Cypress

Job description

At Mindrift, innovation meets opportunity. We believe in using the power of collective intelligence to ethically shape the future of AI.

What We Do

The Mindrift platform connects specialists with AI projects from major tech innovators. Our mission is to unlock the potential of Generative AI by tapping into real-world expertise from across the globe.

About The Role

GenAI models are improving very quickly, and one of our goals is to make them capable of addressing specialized questions and achieving complex reasoning skills. If you join the platform as an AI Tutor in Coding, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate on these projects.

Although every project is unique, you might typically:

• Generate prompts that challenge AI
• Define comprehensive scoring criteria to evaluate the accuracy of the AI's answers.
• Correct the model's responses based on your domain-specific knowledge
  
  

How To Get Started

Simply apply to this post, qualify, and get the chance to contribute to projects aligned with your skills, on your own schedule. From creating training prompts to refining model responses, you'll help shape the future of AI while ensuring technology benefits everyone.

Requirements

• You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Development, Computer Science, or other related fields.
• You have at least 3 years of professional experience in TypeScript Experience with core TypeScript tooling (e.g., ESLint, Webpack, Jest/Cypress for testing)
• Comfort with common engineering workflows: version control (Git), CI/CD, code review.
• Ability to design, review, and optimize features where LLMs (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) are part of code creation, completion, or review workflows.
• Prompt engineering experience is a strong plus
• Your level of English is advanced (C1) or above
• You are ready to learn new methods, able to switch between tasks and topics quickly and sometimes work with challenging, complex guidelines
• Our freelance role is fully remote so, you just need a laptop, internet connection, time available and enthusiasm to take on a challenge
  
  

Benefits

Why this freelance opportunity might be a great fit for you?

• Take part in a part-time, remote, freelance project that fits around your primary professional or academic commitments
• Work on advanced AI projects and gain valuable experience that enhances your portfolio
• Influence how future AI models understand and communicate in your field of expertise