# Software Engineer - Backend (Remote)

Software Engineer - Backend (Remote) Compensation: $104,000-$208,000 annually (equivalent to $50-$100/hour, based on 40 hours per week) Engagement: Project-based Contractor Commitment: Approximately 15 hours per week Openings: 100 Role Overview We are seeking experienced Software Engineers to create challenging coding tasks that evaluate advanced AI models' ability to solve real-world software engineering problems. You will develop tasks based on existing code repositories, focusing on debugging, feature implementation, refactoring, and performance optimization. Key Responsibilities Design complex, realistic coding challenges based on existing software repositories. Develop tasks involving bug fixes, feature development, code refactoring, and performance improvements. Build reproducible environments for testing and evaluating solutions. Create automated verifiers that distinguish correct implementations from incomplete or incorrect solutions. Provide reference solutions and clear technical documentation. Identify and flag ambiguous or unverifiable tasks. Required Qualifications & Skills Strong programming experience in at least one of Python 3, Java, Rust, Go, C++, or TypeScr

- **Id**: 4157052
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/freshtalent-software-engineer-backend-remote>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries**: AO
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T09:22:01Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T09:22:01Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2092
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 100173
- **Name**: FreshTalent
- **Domain**: freshtalent.africa
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/freshtalent>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: yes

## Salary

- **Min**: 104000
- **Max**: 208000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 208000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Angola** — Iso: AO; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T10:57:35Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: seen:0, agency, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T12:58:45Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 208000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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