Ruby Engineer
SME Careers • Remote
Education
Bachelor's
Type
Hourly
Pay Rate
$55/hr
Listed
53d ago
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As an hourly paid, fully remote Ruby Engineer for AI Data Training, you will review AI-generated Ruby and Rails code or generate your own solutions, evaluate the reasoning quality and step-by-step problem-solving, and provide expert feedback that helps models produce answers that are accurate, logical, and clearly explained. You will assess solutions for readability, maintainability, and correctness; identify errors in MVC structure, domain modeling, or control flow; fact-check information; write high-quality explanations and model solutions that demonstrate idiomatic Ruby patterns; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and reasoning quality. This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate that provides AI training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation model labs, and your work will directly help improve the world’s premier AI models while giving you the flexibility of impactful, detail-oriented remote contract work.
Important: There is no immediate project for this role; however, if qualified, you will be among the first experts we reach out to when relevant opportunities arise. This will also provide you with access to future projects available through our expert network.
Key responsibilities
- Develop AI Training Content: Create detailed prompts in various topics and responses to guide AI learning, ensuring the models reflect a comprehensive understanding of diverse subjects.
- Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI responses to enhance the model's accuracy, fluency, and contextual relevance.
- Ensure Model Integrity: Test AI models for potential inaccuracies or biases, validating their reliability across use cases.
Your profile
- 1–2+ years of professional Ruby programming experience in production environments.
- Strong understanding of Ruby on Rails, MVC architecture, and idiomatic Ruby patterns for structuring application code.
- Hands-on software engineering experience building and maintaining Ruby or Rails applications, with exposure to real-world production constraints.
- Ability to evaluate readability, maintainability, and logical correctness in Ruby and Rails code, including model, controller, and service-layer design.
- Significant experience using LLMs or AI coding assistants while programming, combined with a disciplined approach to validating and reviewing their output.
- Excellent English writing skills, capable of producing clear, structured, and pedagogical technical explanations and code reviews.
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical field.
- Previous experience with AI data training, large-scale code review, or evaluation of AI-generated technical content is strongly preferred; Minimum C1 English proficiency and an extremely detail-oriented working style are required.
- Highly preferred: experience with frameworks and tools such as Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, and RSpec in real projects.
- Preferred: merged PRs in Ruby open-source projects, experience with metaprogramming or test-heavy systems, and competitive programming exposure.
🌍 Geographic Availability This role is available to qualified experts globally. However, as a U.S.-based company, SME Careers complies with U.S. export control and sanctions regulations. Eligibility depends on your country of residence and any applicable trade restrictions. Some projects may have additional language or region-specific requirements.
💰 Pay Rate May Vary Based on Your Location Your actual compensation will be determined based on your location and local market conditions. See regional job listings for localized pay information, or the application process will clarify your specific rate.
If you're unsure whether you're eligible, proceed with the application—SME's screening will determine your jurisdiction status and applicable compensation.
How long hiring takes
Across the AI training platforms we refer candidates to, the median gap between referral and hire is about 30 days. It varies by platform and role, so treat it as a rough guide for this one.
Why this role
This Ruby Engineer role pays $55/hr for reviewing AI-generated Ruby and Rails code, judging readability, maintainability, and MVC structure across model, controller, and service layers. One to two years of professional Ruby and Rails experience is required. The work is evaluating whether AI-written Rails code follows idiomatic patterns a real production codebase would expect.
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Common questions
Is SME Careers work ongoing or project-based?
Project-based. Assignment duration and availability vary by project, but consistently high-quality work earns priority access to whatever comes next.
Does SME Careers offer a path for advancement?
Yes. SME Careers is unusual among AI training platforms for this: it publishes an explicit career ladder, Data Trainer, then Quality Analyst, then QA Lead, then Project Manager. Consistent, high-quality work is what moves you up it.
What does task-based AI training work look like?
Practical, hands-on data work: recording short videos, categorizing images, rating text responses, or analyzing data. Tasks are designed to be short and distinct, typically 5 to 60 minutes each.
What does asynchronous AI training work mean in practice?
No set hours, no check-ins, no meetings. You log in when you want, pick up an available task, complete it, and submit; nobody is waiting on you in real time. That's different from remote employment, where you're expected online during business hours. The tradeoff: you're competing with others for available tasks, so an empty queue means there's simply nothing to do until more work is released.
What does Software Engineering work look like for a Ruby Engineer?
Tasks here are scoped to Software Engineering, not generic labeling. As a Ruby Engineer, expect to draw on real domain judgment (evaluating outputs, correcting errors, or providing expert reasoning specific to Software Engineering) rather than following a one-size-fits-all rubric. If you don't have hands-on Software Engineering background, this is likely not the right listing to start with.
What specific skills does this listing call for?
Backend Development, MVC, RSpec, and Metaprogramming are named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with these, expect the screening process to test for them directly rather than accepting adjacent experience as a substitute.
How much does this specific role pay?
This listing is posted at $55/hr, a per-task rate. Pay can change between when we last checked the listing and when you apply, so confirm the current number on the platform's own application page before committing time.
What happens when I click Apply on this listing?
You'll be taken to SME Careers's external site to complete your application there. This listing links through a referral, but the process is identical to applying directly; the link just routes you correctly. Create an account on their site and follow their onboarding steps.
Who is behind SME Careers?
SME Careers is the expert talent division of SuperAnnotate, an AI data infrastructure platform, connecting domain experts with high-level AI training projects.