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Open Source GitHub Maintainer
RemoteContractHigh demand$150–$300/hr
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Role Title: Open source GitHub maintainer
Role Type: Contractor (15 hrs a week)
Location: Remote, Open Globally
Schedule: Flexible, any hours/days of the week. As long as there is constant activity.
The company is engaging expert Senior Software Engineers to support a customer’s innovative project. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.
As a subject-matter expert, you'll review code patches generated by an LLM for the repository (or repositories) you maintain, and provide your professional assessment of each one.
Applicants must have clear open source contributions and profiles to showcase it like GitHub or GitLab.
Scope of Work
Preferred Qualifications
Process:
Compensation Structure
Compensation is output-based; experts are paid per task that meets the project specifications. The time required to complete work may vary depending on the expert’s experience and workflow. Minimum submission requirements apply. Experts must submit a minimum of tasks per week.
Start Timeline & Availability
We typically fill roles within 48 hours and are looking for experts ready to jump in right away. If selected, we expect you to start your first tasks within 24–48 hours of completing onboarding.
It pays $150–$300/hr, which is about $26,000–$52,000 a month full time before tax. The rate is set by the employer and shown exactly as published.
Compare pay across remote rolesYes. It is listed as a fully remote role, with the posting naming Global. You work from home, on your own equipment.
It is a contract role: you are paid for the hours you work, and you choose how many to take on within what the employer needs.
How remote contract work worksThe posting asks for Python, Typescript, JAVA, Rust, C# and GoLang. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
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How to prepare for the AI interviewThis role pays $150–$300/hr. Across the 33 hourly software & it roles open on RemoteJobsOne right now, the median runs from $50 to $100 an hour, and published rates range from $30 to $350. Its top rate of $300 sits above the category's median ceiling.
This role
$150–$300/hr
Software & IT median
$50–$100/hr · full spread $30 to $350
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At $150–$300/hr, the Open Source GitHub Maintainer role comes to about $13,000–$26,000 a month for 20 hours a week, or $26,000–$52,000 a month full time — roughly $312,000–$624,000 over a full year. These are estimates before tax; contract roles are paid for the hours you work. It was posted 4 days ago. Software & IT roles listed on RemoteJobsOne have stayed open a median of 30 days before closing, counted over the 14 that have closed so far. 7 people applied to this role through RemoteJobsOne in the last 30 days.
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$13,000–$26,000
a month, before tax
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$26,000–$52,000
a month at 40 hours a week
A full year
$312,000–$624,000
full time, 52 weeks
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Software & IT roles here close after about 30 days, counted over 14 that have closed. Apply while it is open.
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