Open Source Maintainer / Core Contributor – Software Engineer

Gridnaut Recruiting is hiring a remote Open Source Maintainer / Core Contributor – Software Engineer contractor (pay $150/hr). Contribute to frontier AI research and evaluation work. Ideal candidates: Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in software engineering, code review, and open-source maintenance topics.; Design challenging, realistic engineering tasks grounded in the open-source codebase the expert knows best, such as the features, refactors and bug fixes a maintainer would assign, and write accurate, well-structured reference solutions.; Evaluate AI-written code, tests and grading rubrics against the repository's architecture, conventions and quality bar, and provide clear, written technical feedback.; Build, run and test the project locally, including with Docker, to confirm that tasks, solutions and tests behave as intended.; Remote, independent contractor engagement through Gridnaut Recruiting.. Apply at https://gridnaut.site/jobs/open-source-maintainer-core-contributor-software-engineer/