SME CareersFirst seen Scala Engineer
Up to $70/hr
Remote STEM contract with SME Careers, up to $70/hr, open to people in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil and 14 more countries. First seen Oct 28.
Up to $70/hr
Apply on SME CareersIs this job worth applying to?
- Pay
- About typicalTops out at $70/hr. The typical top rate across 148 priced STEM listings is $70/hr.
- Getting in
- Some screening~30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview. Credentials in your field.
- Steady work
- Work is patchyProjects can end a placement for quality issues.
- Payout record
- Pays on timeSchedule: weekly. Paid via Deel.
- Freshness
- No post dateSME Careers doesn't publish post dates. First seen Oct 28, 2026; still listed Nov 6, 2026.
- Where you live
- Named countries onlyOpen in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil and 14 more.
The job description
As a Scala Engineer, you will work remotely on an hourly paid basis to review AI-generated Scala code, system designs, and technical explanations, as well as produce high-quality reference implementations and step-by-step reasoning for complex engineering problems. You will assess solutions for correctness, clarity, safety, performance, and adherence to the prompt; identify errors in concurrency, distributed systems behavior, JVM performance, functional correctness, and resource handling; fact-check technical information; write high-quality explanations and model solutions that demonstrate correct methods; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and reasoning quality. This fully remote, hourly paid contractor role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI data services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate that provides AI training data to many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation model labs—where your Scala and systems expertise will directly help improve the world’s premier AI models used by millions of developers worldwide.
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.
Responsibilities
- Develop AI Training Content: Create detailed prompts across Scala/JVM topics and write high-quality reference answers to guide AI learning.
- Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI responses to improve correctness, safety, performance, and contextual relevance.
- Ensure Model Integrity: Test AI outputs for inaccuracies, unsafe patterns, and bias; validate reliability across real-world use cases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 4+ years of professional experience building production systems using Scala (backend services, data platforms, or distributed systems).
- Expert-level proficiency in Scala 2.13+ and/or Scala 3, including strong understanding of the type system, implicits/givens, collections, and functional patterns.
- Strong JVM fundamentals: memory model, garbage collection, profiling, performance tuning, and troubleshooting production issues.
- Deep experience with concurrency and effect systems (e.g., cats-effect, ZIO) and/or actor-based systems (Akka/Pekko).
- Experience designing and operating services in distributed environments: microservices, messaging/streaming, retries, idempotency, backpressure, consistency tradeoffs.
- Strong testing practices (ScalaTest, MUnit, property-based testing like ScalaCheck) and comfort with CI/CD workflows.
- Comfortable with build tooling and dependency management (sbt, Maven/Gradle interop), and version control best practices.
- Minimum C1 English proficiency (written and spoken), with the ability to write clear technical explanations and follow detailed English-language guidelines.
- Prior experience with AI data training, annotation, or evaluating AI-generated technical content is a strong plus.
- Highly detail-oriented and systematic, with a methodical approach to evaluating reasoning quality and identifying subtle issues in Scala/JVM systems.
How do you apply to SME Careers?
Apply on SME Careers
The Apply button opens this post on SME Careers's own site. You apply with them, not with Rubric. Budget about 30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview.
Get through screening
What SME Careers asks for after you apply:
- Do the ~15-minute English AI video interview on a desktop (up to 3 attempts)
- Take any written or video qualification exam
- Sign the Deel contract and join Discord
- Wait for a project offer by email
Start work and get paid
Pay schedule: weekly. Paid via Deel. You're paid for the work they hand out, not a fixed salary.
SME Careers also needs
- Credentials in your field
- Desktop with webcam
- Deel account
Red flags
None on record for SME Careers. A real platform never asks you to pay for training, equipment or a "starter kit".
What is SME Careers like to work for?
SuperAnnotate's expert-hiring site, which places credentialed specialists on hourly AI training contracts paid through Deel.
| Advertised pay | $20–130/hr |
|---|---|
| Getting in | Some screening |
| Application takes | ~30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview |
| How you get paid | Weekly, via Deel |
| Payout record | Pays on time |
| Countries | Hires in nearly 90 countries, including India, Nigeria, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines; sanctioned countries are excluded and some projects set region or language rules. |
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