C++ Team Lead

About this role

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.

C++, Memory Management, Algorithms

Responsibilities

• Quality monitoring: Spot-check C++ items, identify issues, provide feedback through DMs, and escalate recurring or critical quality problems.
• Code review: Evaluate AI-generated C++ code, debugging responses, algorithmic solutions, tests, explanations, and performance recommendations.
• Trainer/QA communication: Update contributors on Discord about guideline changes, workflow updates, and C++-specific review standards.
• Question handling: Respond to questions around memory safety, compilation, templates, STL usage, and concurrency.
• Activation management: DM inactive contributors, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, 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++ development, systems programming, performance engineering, embedded software, backend engineering, code review, QA, or technical mentoring.
• Strong understanding of modern C++ standards, RAII, smart pointers, templates, STL containers/algorithms, object lifetime, move semantics, concurrency, exceptions, memory management, and build systems.
• Ability to identify issues such as undefined behavior, memory leaks, dangling references, race conditions, or inefficient algorithms.