Backend Engineering Evaluator (contract)
Overview
MarketerHire is seeking a Backend Engineering Evaluator for a 12-week remote independent contractor engagement supporting the evaluation of AI-generated server-side software. The role focuses on assessing APIs, data models, services, database work, failure handling, security, concurrency, performance, and maintainability, while producing clear evidence-based scoring explanations. Candidates must have 2–3 years of professional backend experience shipping production services, strong command of at least one listed programming language, and excellent written English.
Responsibilities
<h2>Key Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Design task-specific grading criteria for backend deliverables, including API endpoints, database schemas and queries, service logic, bug fixes, refactors, and tests.</li><li>Evaluate AI-generated backend code for correctness across expected behavior, edge cases, and failure scenarios.</li><li>Assess authentication, common security vulnerabilities, error handling, concurrency, data integrity, performance, and maintainability.</li><li>Identify defects and subtle errors that may allow code to pass its own tests while failing under less common conditions.</li><li>Write clear, evidence-based justifications for every evaluation score.</li><li>Apply consistent judgment across technical evaluations and iterate based on feedback from senior reviewers.</li><li>Review server-side software involving APIs, data models, services, database schemas, database queries, and service logic.</li><li>Evaluate the quality of bug fixes, refactors, testing practices, and failure handling in AI-generated implementations.</li></ul>
Requirements
<h2>Required Qualifications</h2><ul><li>2–3 years of professional backend experience shipping production services.</li><li>Strong command of at least one of Python, Java, Go, Node.js, C#, Ruby, or a comparable language.</li><li>Solid grounding in API design, relational databases, non-relational databases, SQL, and data modelling.</li><li>Working knowledge of authentication, common security vulnerabilities, error handling, and testing.</li><li>Experience reviewing other engineers' code.</li><li>Excellent written English.</li><li>Ability to follow complex instructions, reason through ambiguity, and spot subtle errors in code that runs correctly on the happy path.</li><li>Clear separation of what you know from what you're inferring.</li><li>Ability to work independently, learn new tools quickly, and take feedback well.</li><li>Based in and working from the US, Canada, or UK.</li><li>Available for 30–40+ hours per week for the full 12 weeks.</li></ul>
Benefits
<h2>Benefits and Perks</h2><ul><li>Remote contract engagement for professionals in the US, Canada, and UK.</li><li>Flexible scheduling within the required weekly commitment.</li><li>Defined 12-week engagement with the possibility of extension based on needs and performance.</li><li>Opportunity to shape how AI systems are evaluated in your field.</li></ul>