Remote Senior Mobile Developer — AI Research & Domain Evaluation

ZR Talent Group is recruiting a qualified Remote Senior Mobile Developer — AI Research & Domain Evaluation for a 100% remote contract opportunity ($50 - $100/hour) open to candidates across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa. In this specialist engagement, you will collaborate with advanced AI research teams to design domain-specific evaluation scenarios, audit complex model reasoning, and establish gold-standard reference solutions in Kotlin, Swift, Mobile.

Prior experience building machine learning systems is not required—our research partners value authentic practitioner judgment, domain rigor, and clear analytical writing.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Create realistic, interesting, and extremely challenging mobile coding tasks for frontier frontier AI reasoning systems using your preferred repositories.
• Design problems that require strong mobile engineering skills, such as tracking down subtle bugs, building non-trivial features, handling application state and lifecycle, or improving performance.
• Develop tasks relevant to your expertise: cross-platform applications using TypeScript, JavaScript, or Dart; iOS applications using Swift; or Android applications using Kotlin.
• For each task, define the problem, build a reproducible environment, and write deterministic verifiers that accept correct solutions across different valid implementations while rejecting incorrect, incomplete, or hard-coded approaches.
• Provide a reference solution showing how the task can be solved.

Required Qualifications & Technical Criteria

• Demonstrated professional or advanced academic background in Kotlin, Swift, Mobile.
• Strong analytical writing and critical evaluation skills in English.
• Self-directed work ethic suited for an asynchronous, 100% remote research environment.

Preferred Experience & Bonus Attributes

• Significant hands-on expertise in at least one of the following mobile development tracks:
• Cross-platform: TypeScript or JavaScript with React Native, or Dart with Flutter.
• iOS: Swift with SwiftUI or UIKit.
• Android: Kotlin with Jetpack Compose or the Android View system.
• Comprehensive command of mobile application architecture, state management, asynchronous programming, and application lifecycle.
• Proven ability to debug complex mobile applications, resolve bugs, and deliver effective performance improvements.
• 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 weekly submission requirements apply and will be communicated during onboarding.
• 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.

Compensation, Remote Eligibility & Schedule

• Compensation Band: $50 - $100/hour
• Work Model: 100% Remote / Work From Home with flexible asynchronous scheduling
• Eligible Remote Locations: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Current Openings: 100 active specialist positions
• Hiring Organization: ZR Talent Group
• Core Skills & Technologies: Kotlin, Swift, Mobile