Data Annotator - Backend Software Engineer

• Data Annotator - Backend Software Engineer
• Company: Masai
• Job Location: Remote (Work from home), India
• Employment Type: Part-time
• Experience Required: 1+ years
• This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: Asia, South Asia, APAC, India
• About the Role
• We are looking for experienced Backend Software Engineers and Software Developers to contribute to specialised technical data annotation, code evaluation, and AI training projects.
• This role involves working with real-world software repositories, open-source projects, and existing codebases to analyse, evaluate, and annotate software engineering tasks.

Unlike conventional data annotation, this engagement requires hands-on software engineering knowledge. Professionals will be expected to understand existing code, trace implementation logic, identify bugs, evaluate code changes, and assess whether proposed solutions meet the given technical requirements.

• The objective is to create high-quality, technically accurate datasets that help train and evaluate AI models on real-world software engineering tasks.
• Key Responsibilities
• Codebase Understanding: Navigate unfamiliar software repositories and independently understand their architecture, structure, dependencies, and implementation logic.
• Code Analysis & Annotation: Review existing code and annotate its functionality, logic, dependencies, implementation approaches, and technical correctness.
• Code Change Evaluation: Analyse code modifications, commits, and pull requests to understand the impact of changes and assess whether they solve the intended problem.
• Bug Identification & Debugging: Identify software bugs, logical errors, implementation issues, and potential edge cases within existing codebases.

Technical Solution Assessment: Evaluate AI-generated code, proposed fixes, and implementation approaches for correctness, efficiency, maintainability, and adherence to requirements.

• Repository-Level Evaluation: Work with open-source projects and real-world development repositories to assess software engineering workflows.
• Git/GitHub Workflow Assessment: Understand branching strategies, commits, pull requests, code reviews, and review comments.
• Issue & Task Analysis: Interpret Jira tickets, bug reports, feature requests, and development tasks to evaluate the corresponding code changes.
• Documentation & Technical Reasoning: Provide structured explanations, technical annotations, and justifications for evaluation decisions.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure annotations and technical assessments are accurate, consistent, and aligned with project-specific guidelines.
• Required Skills & Qualifications
• 1+ year of professional software engineering or software development experience.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Java, Python, C++, Go, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience working with open-source software and existing codebases.
• Ability to understand, modify, debug, and extend existing code.
• Familiarity with Git and GitHub workflows, including branching, commits, pull requests, code reviews, and resolving review comments.
• Experience using Jira or similar project/task management tools.
• Ability to navigate unfamiliar repositories, identify relevant files, understand dependencies, and trace implementation paths.
• Strong understanding of software development fundamentals, debugging, and problem-solving.
• Good analytical and logical reasoning skills.
• Ability to clearly document technical observations and explain implementation decisions.
• Time Commitment
• Minimum 2 hours of dedicated work per day.
• 6 working days per week.
• Part-time engagement with flexible working hours, subject to project deadlines and task requirements.
• Professionals must be available consistently and meet the expected quality and delivery standards.
• Ideal Candidates

This opportunity is suitable for Backend Engineers, Software Developers, Full-Stack Developers, and professionals with practical experience in software development, debugging, open-source repositories, and code reviews.

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