SME CareersCoding & software eval

Computer Science & IT Team Lead

RemoteOpen in India

up to $20/hr

About this role, in SME Careers' words

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Computer Science & IT Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across computer science, IT, software, systems, and technical AI training projects. You will review AI-generated computer science/IT content and trainer/QA work, evaluate output quality against project guidelines, provide precise written feedback, and ensure that all contributors follow the expected quality standards.

What you'll do

Responsibilities

Quality monitoring: Spot-check computer science and IT items, identify quality issues, provide ongoing feedback through DMs, and escalate recurring or critical issues.
Technical review: Evaluate AI-generated explanations, code snippets, troubleshooting steps, system-design content, database guidance, networking answers, security-related content, and technical reasoning for accuracy and clarity.
Trainer and QA communication: Update trainers and QAs on Discord about new item guidelines, project changes, workflow updates, quality expectations, and technical review standards.
Question handling: Respond to trainer/QA questions clearly and promptly, especially around programming concepts, debugging, IT workflows, system behavior, networking, databases, security, and rubric interpretation.
Trainer/QA activation management: DM contributors who are inactive or not working, encourage activation, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues when needed.
Documentation: Create and maintain computer science/IT project documentation, including style guides, trackers, FAQs, quality notes, examples, honeypots, calibration tasks, and onboarding materials.
Onboarding and training: Schedule and run onboarding/training calls with trainers and QAs to explain project expectations, workflows, rubrics, quality standards, and technical review requirements.
Quality alignment: Ensure all trainers and QAs apply computer science/IT guidelines consistently and understand updates as projects evolve.
Risk review: Flag misleading, insecure, non-executable, hallucinated, outdated, or technically unsafe recommendations.
Process improvement: Identify recurring quality gaps, propose workflow improvements, and help build scalable QA processes for computer science and IT AI training projects.
Native fluency in Punjabi

Candidate background

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Bachelor’s, Master’s, or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or a closely related technical field.
Strong grasp of the English language to follow project guidelines, communicate with teams, and provide clear written feedback.
3+ years of experience in software development, IT support, systems administration, networking, cybersecurity, data workflows, technical education, technical writing, QA, or related technical-review workflows.

The other 7 may also decide whether you qualify.

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Strong understanding of computer science and IT fundamentals, including programming concepts, algorithms, data structures, operating systems, databases, networking, cloud basics, security principles, APIs, debugging, and troubleshooting.
Ability to evaluate technical content against detailed rubrics and identify issues such as incorrect code logic, flawed troubleshooting steps, hallucinated commands/APIs, security risks, wrong terminology, unsupported assumptions, or incomplete explanations.
Familiarity with common tools and environments such as Git/GitHub, IDEs, terminals, Linux/Windows/macOS, SQL, cloud platforms, REST APIs, Docker, networking tools, and ticketing/support systems is preferred.
Experience leading or supporting remote teams of engineers, IT specialists, reviewers, annotators, trainers, educators, or QAs is strongly preferred.
Comfortable working in fast-moving remote environments using tools such as Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and project management systems.
Highly detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to maintain style guides, FAQs, trackers, onboarding materials, honeypots, calibration tasks, and documentation.
Experience with AI training, data annotation, LLM evaluation, technical QA, code review, IT knowledge review, or rubric-based review is a strong plus.

Quoted from selected sections of SME Careers' posting. The full posting may state other conditions. Read the full posting

Advertised hourly rate

up to $20/hr

Work type: Remote
Weekly hours: Not specified
Eligibility: India
Posted: Not stated

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Title: Computer Science & IT Team Lead
Platform: SME Careers
Open to: India
Country limits: None published by the platform
Posted: Not stated

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Computer Science & IT Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across computer science, IT, software, systems, and technical AI training projects. You will review AI-generated computer science/IT content and trainer/QA work, evaluate output quality against project guidelines, provide precise written feedback, and ensure that all contributors follow the expected quality standards.

You will assess work for technical accuracy, conceptual correctness, code and systems reasoning, terminology quality, troubleshooting logic, security awareness, clarity, formatting, instruction-following, and adherence to project-specific rubrics. You will spot recurring quality issues, communicate updates to trainers and QAs, support onboarding, maintain documentation, and help activate contributors who are not working consistently. This role requires strong computer science/IT expertise, strong English communication skills, excellent attention to detail, structured communication, and the ability to manage quality workflows across remote technical teams.

This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your computer science and IT quality leadership will directly help improve the world’s premier AI models by ensuring that technical training data is accurate, logically sound, clearly explained, well-documented, and aligned with client expectations.

Responsibilities
• Quality monitoring: Spot-check computer science and IT items, identify quality issues, provide ongoing feedback through DMs, and escalate recurring or critical issues.
• Technical review: Evaluate AI-generated explanations, code snippets, troubleshooting steps, system-design content, database guidance, networking answers, security-related content, and technical reasoning for accuracy and clarity.
• Trainer and QA communication: Update trainers and QAs on Discord about new item guidelines, project changes, workflow updates, quality expectations, and technical review standards.
• Question handling: Respond to trainer/QA questions clearly and promptly, especially around programming concepts, debugging, IT workflows, system behavior, networking, databases, security, and rubric interpretation.
• Trainer/QA activation management: DM contributors who are inactive or not working, encourage activation, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues when needed.
• Documentation: Create and maintain computer science/IT project documentation, including style guides, trackers, FAQs, quality notes, examples, honeypots, calibration tasks, and onboarding materials.
• Onboarding and training: Schedule and run onboarding/training calls with trainers and QAs to explain project expectations, workflows, rubrics, quality standards, and technical review requirements.
• Quality alignment: Ensure all trainers and QAs apply computer science/IT guidelines consistently and understand updates as projects evolve.
• Risk review: Flag misleading, insecure, non-executable, hallucinated, outdated, or technically unsafe recommendations.
• Process improvement: Identify recurring quality gaps, propose workflow improvements, and help build scalable QA processes for computer science and IT AI training projects.
• Native fluency in Punjabi

Requirements
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or a closely related technical field.
• Strong grasp of the English language to follow project guidelines, communicate with teams, and provide clear written feedback.
• 3+ years of experience in software development, IT support, systems administration, networking, cybersecurity, data workflows, technical education, technical writing, QA, or related technical-review workflows.
• Strong understanding of computer science and IT fundamentals, including programming concepts, algorithms, data structures, operating systems, databases, networking, cloud basics, security principles, APIs, debugging, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to evaluate technical content against detailed rubrics and identify issues such as incorrect code logic, flawed troubleshooting steps, hallucinated commands/APIs, security risks, wrong terminology, unsupported assumptions, or incomplete explanations.
• Familiarity with common tools and environments such as Git/GitHub, IDEs, terminals, Linux/Windows/macOS, SQL, cloud platforms, REST APIs, Docker, networking tools, and ticketing/support systems is preferred.
• Experience leading or supporting remote teams of engineers, IT specialists, reviewers, annotators, trainers, educators, or QAs is strongly preferred.
• Comfortable working in fast-moving remote environments using tools such as Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and project management systems.
• Highly detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to maintain style guides, FAQs, trackers, onboarding materials, honeypots, calibration tasks, and documentation.
• Experience with AI training, data annotation, LLM evaluation, technical QA, code review, IT knowledge review, or rubric-based review is a strong plus.

Location: Remote
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in SME Careers' words

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You will assess work for technical accuracy, conceptual correctness, code and systems reasoning, terminology quality, troubleshooting logic, security awareness, clarity, formatting, instruction-following, and adherence to project-specific rubrics. You will spot recurring quality issues, communicate updates to trainers and QAs, support onboarding, maintain documentation, and help activate contributors who are not working consistently. This role requires strong computer science/IT expertise, strong English communication skills, excellent attention to detail, structured communication, and the ability to manage quality workflows across remote technical teams.

This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your computer science and IT quality leadership will directly help improve the world’s premier AI models by ensuring that technical training data is accurate, logically sound, clearly explained, well-documented, and aligned with client expectations.

Responsibilities

• Quality monitoring: Spot-check computer science and IT items, identify quality issues, provide ongoing feedback through DMs, and escalate recurring or critical issues.

• Technical review: Evaluate AI-generated explanations, code snippets, troubleshooting steps, system-design content, database guidance, networking answers, security-related content, and technical reasoning for accuracy and clarity.

• Trainer and QA communication: Update trainers and QAs on Discord about new item guidelines, project changes, workflow updates, quality expectations, and technical review standards.

• Question handling: Respond to trainer/QA questions clearly and promptly, especially around programming concepts, debugging, IT workflows, system behavior, networking, databases, security, and rubric interpretation.

• Trainer/QA activation management: DM contributors who are inactive or not working, encourage activation, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues when needed.

• Documentation: Create and maintain computer science/IT project documentation, including style guides, trackers, FAQs, quality notes, examples, honeypots, calibration tasks, and onboarding materials.

• Onboarding and training: Schedule and run onboarding/training calls with trainers and QAs to explain project expectations, workflows, rubrics, quality standards, and technical review requirements.

• Quality alignment: Ensure all trainers and QAs apply computer science/IT guidelines consistently and understand updates as projects evolve.

• Risk review: Flag misleading, insecure, non-executable, hallucinated, outdated, or technically unsafe recommendations.

• Process improvement: Identify recurring quality gaps, propose workflow improvements, and help build scalable QA processes for computer science and IT AI training projects.

• Native fluency in Punjabi

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or a closely related technical field.

• Strong grasp of the English language to follow project guidelines, communicate with teams, and provide clear written feedback.

• 3+ years of experience in software development, IT support, systems administration, networking, cybersecurity, data workflows, technical education, technical writing, QA, or related technical-review workflows.

• Strong understanding of computer science and IT fundamentals, including programming concepts, algorithms, data structures, operating systems, databases, networking, cloud basics, security principles, APIs, debugging, and troubleshooting.

• Ability to evaluate technical content against detailed rubrics and identify issues such as incorrect code logic, flawed troubleshooting steps, hallucinated commands/APIs, security risks, wrong terminology, unsupported assumptions, or incomplete explanations.

• Familiarity with common tools and environments such as Git/GitHub, IDEs, terminals, Linux/Windows/macOS, SQL, cloud platforms, REST APIs, Docker, networking tools, and ticketing/support systems is preferred.

• Experience leading or supporting remote teams of engineers, IT specialists, reviewers, annotators, trainers, educators, or QAs is strongly preferred.

• Comfortable working in fast-moving remote environments using tools such as Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and project management systems.

• Highly detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to maintain style guides, FAQs, trackers, onboarding materials, honeypots, calibration tasks, and documentation.

• Experience with AI training, data annotation, LLM evaluation, technical QA, code review, IT knowledge review, or rubric-based review is a strong plus.

Location: Remote

How does the pay compare?Across Coding & software eval roles, not this role alone

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Pay across the field: Coding & software eval

Across 393 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 14 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $120 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $95. This role's top rate, $20, is in the bottom quarter. Of the 141 distinct rates we count, 0 are lower and 140 are higher.

The 5 platforms with the most roles, of the 14 counted above.
Platform	Roles	Top of range, per hour
Alignerr	137	$50 to $400 · median $100
micro1	46	$35 to $350 · median $110
Handshake AI	43	$47 to $125 · median $80
Meridial (Invisible)	34	$22 to $150 · median $60
Mercor	33	$60 to $200 · median $105

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First seen here on 6 Oct 2026, and still on SME Careers's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
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Last seen live: 13 Oct 2026
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