Software Developer | $150/hr Remote

Software Developer | $150/hr Remote

Posted Today by Crossing Hurdles

Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom

Summary: The role of Software Developer at Crossing Hurdles involves contributing to open-source projects while collaborating with leading AI research labs. The position is remote and offers an hourly contract with a commitment of 10-40 hours per week. Candidates are expected to analyze software issues, write and validate code, and implement APIs and backend components. Strong experience in software engineering and contributions to open-source repositories are essential for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Analyze and resolve software issues drawn from large open-source codebases.
  • Write, test, and validate code solutions that address specific bugs or system inefficiencies.
  • Implement and refine APIs, database structures, and backend components supporting AI workflows.
  • Configure local development environments to replicate and investigate complex issues.

Key Skills:

  • Strong professional software engineering experience in a fast-paced or technically demanding environment.
  • Proven contribution history to open-source repositories such as astropy, django, matplotlib, pytest, scikit-learn, sphinx, and sympy.
  • Advanced proficiency in Python, API development, and structured testing.
  • Excellent analytical, written, and communication skills.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and persistence in debugging complex systems.

Salary (Rate): £150.00/hr

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

At Crossing Hurdles, we work as a referral partner. We refer candidates to our partner that collaborates with world’s leading AI research labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models.

Position : Software Developer (Active Open Source Github Contributor)

Referral Partner : Crossing Hurdles

Type : Hourly contract

Compensation : $120–$150 per hour

Location : Remote

Duration : Open-ended engagement with potential for long-term collaboration

Commitment : 10-40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities :

  • Analyze and resolve software issues drawn from large open-source codebases.
  • Write, test, and validate code solutions that address specific bugs or system inefficiencies.
  • Implement and refine APIs, database structures, and backend components supporting AI workflows.
  • Configure local development environments to replicate and investigate complex issues.

Requirements :

  • Strong professional software engineering experience in a fast-paced or technically demanding environment.
  • Proven contribution history to one or more of the following open-source repositories (will be validated): astropy/astropy django/django matplotlib/matplotlib pytest-dev/pytest scikit-learn/scikit-learn sphinx-doc/sphinx sympy/sympy
  • Advanced proficiency in Python, API development, and structured testing.
  • Excellent analytical, written, and communication skills.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and persistence in debugging complex systems.

Application process: (Takes 20 min)

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