Remote | Software Engineer - Open Source Contributions — $50–$100/hour at 24-MAG in New York, New York, United States

Job description

• We are sharing a specialised consulting opportunity for experienced Software Engineers with strong open-source backgrounds and expertise in feature development, debugging, codebase refactoring, performance optimisation, algorithms, and multi-language engineering to contribute to an advanced AI training and software-evaluation project.
• Selected professionals will work within established open-source codebases to implement features, resolve complex bugs, improve legacy systems, validate code quality, and develop robust solutions across multiple programming languages. No prior experience in AI is required.

Responsibilities

• Open-Source Development
• Develop and refine features within established open-source repositories
• Work within existing architecture and contribution standards
• Integrate functionality with existing modules and dependencies
• Validate changes against expected project behaviour
• Bug Investigation & Refactoring
• Reproduce and diagnose complex software defects
• Trace execution and data flow to identify root causes
• Refactor legacy code to improve clarity, modularity, and maintainability
• Preserve expected behaviour while implementing robust fixes
• Performance & Multi-Language Engineering
• Identify performance bottlenecks and improve runtime or resource utilisation
• Work across Python, Java, Rust, C++, TypeScript, Go, C#, or related languages
• Apply appropriate language conventions and engineering practices
• Compare implementation approaches while maintaining correctness and scalability
• Algorithms & Problem Solving
• Apply advanced algorithms and data structures to challenging problems
• Analyse complex constraints and alternative solution paths
• Evaluate time and space complexity
• Develop efficient and technically sound implementations
• Code Validation & Review
• Review code for correctness, consistency, and maintainability
• Identify subtle implementation defects
• Evaluate proposed changes for architectural fit
• Provide clear, actionable technical feedback
• Technical Documentation & Collaboration
• Produce concise technical write-ups
• Explain design, debugging, and implementation decisions clearly
• Collaborate remotely with other contributors
• Maintain useful project documentation where required
• AI Software Evaluation
• Review AI-generated software solutions
• Assess correctness, completeness, efficiency, and maintainability
• Identify algorithmic or implementation weaknesses
• Provide structured feedback supporting model improvement

Requirements

• Expert-level proficiency in at least two of the following: Python, C++, Java, Rust, TypeScript, Go, or C#
• Extensive experience contributing to open-source software
• Strong feature-development, debugging, refactoring, and optimisation skills
• Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Competitive-programming or advanced coding-problem experience is highly valuable
• Ability to analyse complex constraints and multiple solution approaches
• Strong code-review and validation skills
• Excellent attention to technical detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working independently in a remote collaborative environment
• Able to deliver high-quality, well-documented code under project deadlines
• No prior AI-training or model-evaluation experience is required

Skills

Required

• Strong code-review and validation skills
• Excellent attention to technical detail