Copy of Software Developer – AI Coding Assistant Evaluation

• Experience maintaining open-source software projects.
• Experience building personal tools, applications, libraries, or other software projects.
• Familiarity with AI coding assistants and developer productivity tools.
• Experience with software debugging, feature development, code refactoring, and documentation.
• Fully remote freelance opportunity.
• Worldwide applicants are welcome, subject to project eligibility.
• Rate: Up to $100 per hour.
• Expected Workload: Approximately 10–39 hours per week, depending on project needs.
• Work volume may fluctuate throughout the contract.
• Payments will be released weekly as a lump sum for work completed during the previous week.
• AI usage during the project will be covered, so candidates will not need to pay for an AI subscription or API usage.

Project Eligibility and Ownership Requirements

• Candidates must bring a software project they personally and solely own.
• Open-source projects must have an approved license. Projects with multiple maintainers may require additional confirmation.
• Projects owned by an employer, client, university, or startup are not eligible.
• Projects covered by an NDA are not eligible.
• Projects involving AI model training or evaluation, machine learning infrastructure, security exploit tooling, or the processing of other people's personal data are not eligible.
• The client's team must review and approve the project before work begins.
• Selected candidates must sign contributor terms before starting.

Important Privacy and Participation Notes

• Transcripts from project sessions will be used to improve AI models. Once submitted, these transcripts cannot be withdrawn.
• Only project session transcripts will be shared, not the rest of the candidate's software project.
• Ratings and written feedback provided by candidates will become part of the project's deliverables.
• Candidates must not include passwords, API keys, or other people's personal information in their sessions.
• All ratings and written evaluations must be completed independently, without AI assistance.

Important: An active Upwork contract is required before candidates can receive onboarding instructions, access to the evaluation platform, or payment for the project. Candidates should accept the contract offer once received.

Due to the high volume of applicants being contacted, the team may not be able to respond to every individual message. Thank you for your understanding.

An enterprise client is seeking experienced software developers to participate in an AI training project focused on testing and evaluating AI coding assistants.

The project aims to improve AI coding tools by gathering feedback from developers as they work on their own software projects and compare different AI-generated solutions.