AI work directory Red Pen Jobs

Open Source GitHub Maintainer

micro1 Contract 10 openings US, UK, EU, CA, AU, NZ

Listed pay: $150 to 300 / hr

What the posting lists, in US dollars an hour.

Apply on micro1

If you're hired and complete 10 hours, micro1 pays this site a referral fee. Your pay is unaffected.

Prepare for the interview

Before you apply

Details from this posting, and how micro1 screens and pays.

Experience

No prior experience in AI required

Stated in this posting

Checked today

Source: micro1

View original posting

Role details

Schedule: Flexible, any hours/days of the week. As long as there is constant activity.

micro1 is engaging expert Senior Software Engineers to support a customer’s innovative project. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.

As a subject-matter expert, you'll review code patches generated by an LLM for the repository (or repositories) you maintain, and provide your professional assessment of each one.

Applicants must have clear open source contributions and profiles to showcase it like GitHub or GitLab.

Scope of Work

  • Evaluate code patches generated by LLMs and offer detailed feedback on each one
  • Provide written justification to support your assessments
  • Conduct peer reviews of work submitted by other subject-matter experts

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience maintaining an open source repository.
  • Experience reviewing code from contributors

Process:

  1. Apply to the role, filling out the screening questions
  2. Complete AI interview (aprox. 10 minutes)
  3. Hiring Manager review

Compensation Structure

Compensation is output-based; experts are paid per task that meets the project specifications. The time required to complete work may vary depending on the expert’s experience and workflow. Minimum submission requirements apply. Experts must submit a minimum of tasks per week.

Start Timeline & Availability

We typically fill roles within 48 hours and are looking for experts ready to jump in right away. If selected, we expect you to start your first tasks within 24–48 hours of completing onboarding.

From the micro1 posting.

Skills the posting asks for

  • GitHub
  • C++
  • JAVA
  • Typescript
  • Rust
  • GoLang
  • Python
  • C

Applying on micro1

What happens after you click

  1. The link opens this role on micro1. Sign up and apply from there.
  2. An AI interview, 20 to 40 minutes.
  3. If micro1 hires you, they match you to a project.
  4. The work is paid by the hour at $150–300 an hour as listed.
  5. Remote — open to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Luxembourg, Malta, Cyprus, Liechtenstein and Monaco.
Apply on micro1 Prepare for the interview

If you're hired and complete 10 hours, micro1 pays this site a referral fee. Your pay is unaffected.

Red Pen Jobs is independent. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting for micro1 in any way, and we do not recruit on its behalf.

micro1's referral terms

The same work on another platform

Already have a micro1 account? A platform you have not signed up to yet is where this kind of work is still open to you. Each one screens and pays on its own terms, so check theirs before applying.

More roles for software engineers

Every role we hold for software engineers