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C# Team Lead

  • Kind of work: Coding
  • Location: United States only
  • Experience: Expert
  • Hours: Flexible
  • Languages: English

Up to $75/hr

Remote coding contract with SME Careers, up to $75/hr, open to people in United States. First seen Oct 28.

Is this job worth applying to?

Pay
Below typicalTops out at $75/hr. The typical top rate across 237 priced coding listings is $90/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 United States.

The job description

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a C# Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across C# AI training projects. You will review AI-generated C# code and trainer/QA work, evaluate output quality against project guidelines, provide precise written feedback, and ensure contributors follow expected quality standards.

You will assess work for code correctness, runtime behavior, .NET ecosystem awareness, type safety, async behavior, debugging accuracy, readability, maintainability, performance, security, test coverage, formatting, instruction-following, and rubric adherence.

This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your C# quality leadership will help ensure C# training data is accurate, executable, idiomatic, secure, clearly explained, and aligned with client expectations.

Selection process involves an AI interview, a domain-specific task, and an interview with a recruiter.

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

  • Quality monitoring: Spot-check C# items, identify quality issues, provide feedback through DMs, and escalate recurring or critical issues.
  • Code review: Evaluate AI-generated C# code, .NET snippets, API examples, debugging responses, tests, architecture explanations, and step-by-step reasoning.
  • Trainer/QA communication: Update contributors on Discord about guideline changes, workflow updates, and C#-specific review standards.
  • Question handling: Respond to questions around .NET behavior, async/await, LINQ, dependency injection, EF Core, testing, security, and rubric interpretation.
  • Activation management: DM inactive contributors, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues.
  • Documentation: Create and maintain C# style guides, trackers, FAQs, examples, honeypots, calibration tasks, and onboarding materials.
  • Onboarding: Run onboarding/training calls for C# contributors.
  • Risk review: Flag insecure, misleading, non-executable, or non-production-ready C#/.NET recommendations.
  • Process improvement: Identify recurring gaps and improve QA workflows.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or equivalent professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong grasp of English to follow guidelines and provide clear technical feedback.
  • 3+ years of professional experience in C#/.NET development, backend engineering, enterprise software, cloud development, code review, QA, or technical mentoring.
  • Strong understanding of C# syntax, OOP, LINQ, generics, collections, exceptions, async/await, tasks, dependency injection, nullable reference types, records, delegates/events, and .NET runtime behavior.
  • Ability to identify issues such as incorrect logic, non-executable code, flawed async usage, poor error handling, weak type safety, security risks, hallucinated APIs, or incomplete explanations.
  • Familiarity with .NET, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, xUnit/NUnit/MSTest, Visual Studio/Rider, NuGet, Azure/AWS, Docker, GitHub, CI/CD, and logging/observability tools is preferred.
  • Experience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, reviewers, engineers, coding mentors, or QAs is strongly preferred.
  • Comfortable using Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and PM systems.
  • Highly organized and able to maintain style guides, trackers, FAQs, onboarding materials, honeypots, calibration tasks, and quality documentation.
  • Experience with AI training, LLM evaluation, code QA, or rubric-based code review is a strong plus.

How do you apply to SME Careers?

  1. 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.

  2. 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
  3. 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 inSome screening
Application takes~30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview
How you get paidWeekly, via Deel
Payout recordPays on time
CountriesHires in nearly 90 countries, including India, Nigeria, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines; sanctioned countries are excluded and some projects set region or language rules.

Listings show only an 'up to' rate: about $20/hr for generalists, $60/hr software, $90/hr healthcare and $110/hr legal; your actual rate depends on credentials and location.

Up to $75/hrAdvertised payApply on SME Careers