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Full Stack Engineer (Node.js and React)

SME Careers Contract US, DE

Listed pay: Up to $100 / hr

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  • LocationRemote, open to United States, Germany
  • LanguageEnglish
  • ScreeningA CV-based application, a recorded AI video interview of about 15 minutes, then a review by SME's team. See what to expect
  • How SME Careers paysWeekly, through Deel, for approved work. What SME Careers does not say

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4+ years of professional experience building production web applications, including Node

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Role details

As a Full Stack Engineer (Node.js + React), you will work remotely on an hourly paid basis to review AI-generated full-stack code, system designs, and technical explanations, as well as produce high-quality reference implementations and step-by-step reasoning for complex engineering problems. You will assess solutions for correctness, clarity, security, performance, scalability, and adherence to the prompt; identify issues in API design, authentication/authorization, data modeling, React rendering/state, Node.js runtime behavior, async/concurrency, error handling, testing, and observability; fact-check technical information; write high-quality explanations and model solutions that demonstrate best practices; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and reasoning quality.

This fully remote, hourly paid contractor role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI data services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate that provides AI training data to many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation model labs—where your frontend expertise will directly help improve the world’s premier AI models used by millions of developers worldwide.

Important: There is no immediate project for this role; however, if qualified, you will be among the first experts we reach out to when relevant opportunities arise. This will also provide you with access to future projects available through our expert network.

Your profile

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • 4+ years of professional experience building production web applications, including Node.js backend and React frontend.
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript across both backend and frontend codebases.
  • Backend expertise in Node.js: async patterns, event loop behavior, API design, validation, error handling, security, and background jobs/queues.
  • Frontend expertise in React: hooks, component patterns, state management, performance optimization, forms, and accessibility basics.
  • Experience designing and operating data layers: PostgreSQL/MySQL and/or MongoDB, schema design, migrations, indexing, and query optimization.
  • Experience with authentication flows: sessions vs JWT, cookies, OAuth/OIDC basics, RBAC/ABAC concepts, and secure secrets handling.
  • Strong testing culture: unit/integration/E2E testing (e.g., Jest/Vitest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress) and CI/CD workflows.
  • Familiarity with modern stack tooling: Express/Fastify/NestJS, ORMs (Prisma/TypeORM), and React frameworks (Next.js is a plus).
  • Minimum C1 English proficiency (written and spoken), with the ability to write clear technical explanations and follow detailed English-language guidelines.
  • Previous experience with AI data training, annotation, or evaluating AI-generated technical content is a strong plus.
  • Highly detail-oriented and systematic, with a methodical approach to evaluating reasoning quality and identifying subtle issues in complex full-stack code.

Key responsibilities

  • Develop AI Training Content: Create detailed prompts across full-stack topics and write high-quality reference answers to guide AI learning.
  • Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI responses to enhance correctness, security, performance, and maintainability.
  • Ensure Model Integrity: Test AI outputs for inaccuracies or unsafe recommendations, validating reliability across real-world use cases.

From the SME Careers posting.

Skills the posting asks for

  • React
  • Performance Optimization
  • Code Review
  • SQL
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL APIs
  • Database Design
  • NoSQL
  • English
  • Debugging
  • Node.js
  • TypeScript

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What happens after you click

  1. The link opens this role on SME Careers. Sign up and apply from there.
  2. Create an SME Careers account, then complete the application: a CV as a PDF or your education and work history, your languages and your country. The link opens the application with this role already selected.
  3. Take the AI interview for the role: a recorded video interview of about 15 minutes, in English for most roles, best on a desktop computer.
  4. If you pass, SME's team reviews your profile and may invite you to a short call. If screening succeeds you sign a contract through Deel, verify your identity and link Discord, then wait for a project invitation.
  5. The work is paid by the hour at up to $100 an hour as listed.
  6. Remote, open to Germany and United States. The posting also names countries this site does not cover.
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