Sr Java Developer-LLM Evaluation & Validation

Location: Permanent Remote

Employment type: Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)

Duration of contract: 3 months

Commitment Required

20–40 hours/week with some overlap with PST

First Priority – 40 hrs/week with PST overlap (No dual employment)

Second Priority – 20 hrs/week with PST overlap (Part-time/dual employment allowed)

Must Have

4+ years of relevant software development experience

Java - min 3+ yrs of experience

What Does Day-to-day Look Like

Analyze and triage GitHub issues across trending open-source libraries.

Set up and configure code repositories, including Dockerization and environment setup.

Evaluating unit test coverage and quality.

Modify and run codebases locally to assess LLM performance in bug-fixing scenarios.

Collaborate with researchers to design and identify repositories and issues that are challenging for LLMs.

Opportunities to lead a team of junior engineers to collaborate on projects.

Required Skills

Minimum 5+ years of overall experience

Strong experience with at least one of the following languages: Java

Proficiency with Git, Docker, and basic software pipeline setup.

Ability to understand and navigate complex codebases.

Comfortable running, modifying, and testing real-world projects locally.

Experience contributing to or evaluating open-source projects is a plus.

Nice To Have

Previous participation in LLM research or evaluation projects.

Experience building or testing developer tools or automation agents.

Skills: code repository management,software development,unit testing,docker,open-source contributions,software,codebase analysis,code review,spring boot,software pipeline setup,open-source contribution,git,codebase navigation,java,spring

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