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Job responsibilities

  • Design and develop advanced applications for Android platform
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions
  • Determine the UI/UX requirements, mockups and APIs
  • Define, design, and implement new features in applications
  • Integrate applications with third-party APIs and services
  • Conduct unit and integration tests for quality assurance
  • Identify and fix bugs to improve application performance
  • Keep up with the emerging technologies to maximize development efficiency

Minimum requirements

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
  • At least 3+ years of experience in android app development (rare exceptions for highly skilled developers)
  • Expertise in Java programming language
  • Strong working knowledge of Android SDK and related technologies
  • Clear understanding of Android design principles and guidelines
  • Experience in any of the design patterns - MVC, MVVM, MVP
  • Working experience with remote data using REST and JSON
  • Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
  • Understanding of complete android app development lifecycle
  • Fluent in English to communicate effectively
  • Ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) with a 4 hour overlap with US time zones

Preferred skills

  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and best practices
  • Strong grasp of CS fundamentals such as OS concepts and data structure & algorithms
  • Knowledge of video/image filters and complex UX effects
  • Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to perform in a high-pressure environment
  • Knowledge of emerging mobile technologies

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How to become an Android/Java developer ?

The mobile market is constantly growing. We all know that the mobile market is dominated by android in many countries. As per the latest reports, android has over 85% share in countries like India, Brazil, Iran, Turkey and many more. Although many programming languages are used for mobile application development, Java is the most popular one. Java was introduced in 1995 and is used for many purposes like mobile application development, web application, application servers and game development.

Therefore, we need java for android application development. Android is an open-source operating system and is used in mobile phones, tablets, etc. Android has a huge market. According to the data, it has approximately 3.48 million apps on Google Play, the app store which further boosts its popularity.

What is the scope in Android/Java development?

Android has over 2.5 billion users in over 190 countries making it the most popular operating system in the world. Therefore the demand for android/ java development is at an all-time high. But what makes Java so unique is that it is required for android app development. Let's look at the features of Java that make it so important.

  • Excellent programming tools: Java offers various powerful tools that make the language much easier for app developers to build an app that meets their needs. This not only helps you in coding but also assists it for debugging important for real-time applications.
  • Independent platform: Java is independent of the platform and preferred by developers in building android applications. Other developing languages have this limitation, and that’s what makes them popular among the developer community.
  • Easy to learn:Java is free, and you don’t need to spend loads of money to get started. With regular practice and knowledge, you can learn the language and make a career out of it.
  • Builds secure mobile applications: Security is one of the most important parts of any application. Everything- compiler, interpreter, and runtime environment has been developed in java to keep it secure for the users.

Looking to know more about android/Java development? Then this article is for you.

What are the roles and responsibilities of Android/Java developers?

Android developers are accountable for the development of mobile applications for android devices. The primary focus of an android/ java developer's job is to look after the development of applications and their interaction. You will have to work closely with other developers and engineers for various tasks.

Along with the above, there are other tasks that an Android/Java developer needs to perform daily. These include:

  • Writing clear and concise code in Java for Android applications
  • Analysing the performance of current live applications and optimize them (if required)
  • Closely monitoring the apps, removing bugs, enhancing performance.
  • Closely working with different teams to build new applications with attractive features
  • Staying updated with new trends in the mobile technology domain.
  • Should know how to connect Android applications to back-end services with the help of RESTful APIs
  • Keen understanding of Android UI design principles

How to become an Android/Java developer?

If you want to become an android/ Java developer, you need to have knowledge, consistent practice and hard work. The basic path is to lay a foundation by getting a bachelor’s degree in computer science and climb all the way up to become an android/ java developer. Plus, knowledge about APIs and android SDKs can help you get an amazing job opportunity.

With the knowledge and hands-on experience of Java programming language and regular practice help to develop a good grasp of the language and help you reap the benefits. You can opt for coding challenges to further polish your technical skills. A kick-ass portfolio is a must for a developer while looking for a job.

Now, let’s dive further into the skills you need to master to become a proficient android/ Java developer:

Skills required to become an Android/Java developer

The first step to building your career as a successful Android/Java developer is to know about the essential skills required to become one. Let’s have a look at what skills you need to know in order to become an Android/Java developer!

1. JAVA

Java is the foundation of android development. It is an object-oriented language (OOPS). For developers who use other languages to create applications, there will be a learning curve while learning java for them as well. All the codes should be clear and perform functions efficiently, and that’s what Java ensures.

2. XML

To encode data in internet-based applications, XML is used. Being a structured markup language, it shares many features with HTML. It enables the quick and fast exchange of information between devices in an easy to understand manner. XML is used by developers to create layouts that serve as a foundational UI definition for Android applications. So developers need to have a basic understanding of XML.

3. ANDROID SDK

Software Development Kit or SDK, are modules that let developers access functions like a camera. Suppose you want to integrate Facebook (any social media platform) with your app, you do it with the help of the library. i.e Gradle. All you have to do is download the code from Facebook and tell Gradle you’re using it. Whenever the application complies the code stays in place. Many other examples make it easier to use and plug in your app.

4. APIS

As a developer, you have to keep in mind that your users might need a third-party service for some features. That’s what APIs are for. APIs tell you how you can query your data in a secured way. You can either connect with any existing APIs or connect to your own from your app.

5. Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Android studio is the most preferred IDE among android mobile app developers. It offers you many SDK support features and provides auto-complete suggestions when one types the code. If you’re looking to land a good opportunity, we suggest you have a basic understanding of IDE.

How to get remote Android/Java developers jobs?

Android/Java Development is one of the most sought-after professions. It is a detail-oriented profession that requires knowledge, skills and experience to get a remote job. To work as a remote Android/Java developer, you need to have regular practice, a good grasp of the programming languages and a daily schedule.

Turing offers the best remote Android/Java developer jobs that suit your career trajectories. We offer you opportunities that help you grow, learn and advance your career as an Android/Java developer. Join the network of like-minded developers from around the world and get full-time remote opportunities to accelerate your career as a developer.

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How much does Turing pay their Android/Java developers?

Every Android/Java developer at Turing can select their own pricing. Turing does suggest a salary that we think will help you get a lucrative long term opportunity. We carefully assess the skills, market conditions and clients’ demand to recommend a salary to you.

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AI Quality Analyst - Portuguese (Portugal)

About Turing:
Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. Turing supports customers in two ways: first, by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, plus top AI researchers who specialize in coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents; and second, by applying that expertise to help enterprises transform AI from proof of concept into proprietary intelligence with systems that perform reliably, deliver measurable impact, and drive lasting results on the P&L.

Role Overview:

As an AI Quality Analyst, you will evaluate a new personalization feature for Gemini. You will assess how well the model uses information from your past Gemini conversations, Gmail, Google Search, and YouTube activity to make responses more relevant and helpful. This role requires a unique blend of creativity and analytical rigor. You will actively design prompts from the perspective of your own personal experiences. You will then use your analytical skills to assess the quality of the model's personalized responses, evaluating dimensions like Grounding, Integration, and Helpfulness.


Key Qualifications

  • Portugueese Proficiency: Ability to read and write in Portuguese with a high degree of comp, as Portuguese is the focus language for this project.
  • Personal Account Usage: Willingness to use your primary personal Google account (not a testing account) and enable personal data sources for a genuine assessment.
  • Schedule Flexibility: Full-time availability in your local time zone is required.  We are staffing a global, 24-hour operations team.
  • Exceptional Analytical Thinking: Demonstrate ability to evaluate nuanced and ambiguous AI responses, specifically assessing personalization quality.
  • Creative Prompt Engineering: Experience in designing creative, multi-turn starting prompts based on personal context to thoroughly test the model's capabilities.
  • Strong Evaluation Acumen: Understanding of personalization concepts, including the ability to identify incorrect personalization, poor inferences, and forced connections.
  • Meticulous Attention to Detail: The ability to review Side-by-Side (SxS) model responses and spot subtle differences in naturalness and overnarrating.
  • Excellent Written Communication: Superior ability to write clear, concise, and structured rationales for model rankings, explicitly referencing specific turn numbers.
  • Feedback: Ability to provide constructive feedback and detailed annotations.
  • Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Independence: Self-motivated and able to work independently in a remote setting.
  • Technical Setup: Desktop/Laptop set up with a good internet connection.


Description:

  • In this role, you will be part of a dynamic team focused on evaluating the quality of personalized AI interactions. Your day-to-day work will involve:
  • Designing and executing multi-turn conversational prompts (typically 1-5 turns) that require the AI to utilize your personal information and experiences.
  • Evaluating model responses based on your intent from the starting prompt, checking if the personalization was appropriately applied.
  • Analyzing responses for Grounding issues, ensuring claims about you are supported by evidence and not flawed inferences or hallucinations.
  • Assessing Integration quality to ensure personal data is woven naturally into the response without robotic "overnarrating".
  • Rigorously evaluating and stack-ranking two model responses side-by-side (SxS) to determine which is overall more helpful, easy to use, and enjoyable.
  • Writing clear, defensible rationales for your comparisons, explicitly referencing where issues or positive aspects occurred in the conversation.
  • Extracting and verifying "Debug Info" from the model to confirm that chat summaries and data sources were properly utilized.
  • Maintaining strict data hygiene by deleting evaluation conversations to prevent them from polluting your future chat history.


Education & Experience

  • BS/BA degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field (e.g., Policy, Law, Ethics, Linguistics, Journalism, Computer Science, or a related analytical field).
  • Experience in data annotation, AI quality evaluation, content moderation, or a related role is strongly preferred.

Offer Details:

  • Commitments Required: at least 4 hours per day and upto 40 hours per week with 4 hours of overlap with PST.
  • Engagement type: Contractor
  • Engagement Length: 3 months
  • Our offered rate for this project is $15 per hour.

Evaluation Process -

  • Shortlisted candidates will be sent a Job Interest Form.
  • After the profile review, an assessment will be shared, which must be completed within 24 hours.
  • Based on the assessment outcomes, shortlisted candidates will be contacted to discuss the pre‑onboarding requirements.
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AI Engineer

About Turing


Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. Turing supports customers in two ways: first, by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, plus top AI researchers who specialize in coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents; and second, by applying that expertise to help enterprises transform AI from proof of concept into proprietary intelligence with systems that perform reliably, deliver measurable impact, and drive lasting results on the P&L


Role Overview


We are looking for an AI/ML Engineer specializing in LLM post-training and reinforcement learning workflows. The role focuses on fine-tuning open-weight models, building reward systems, and improving model performance through scalable training, evaluation, and data curation


What does day-to-day life look like?

  • Design and execute fine-tuning pipelines for open-weight models (Qwen, Llama, Mistral families) using SFT → DPO → GRPO progressions on tool-use and agentic data.
  • Implement and tune LoRA / QLoRA adapters for parameter-efficient fine-tuning; understand when full fine-tuning vs PEFT is the right call.
  • Build reward functions and verifiers for RL training  including programmatic verifiers, LLM-as-judge rubrics, and state-transition checks against gym environments.
  • Generate, curate, and filter RL tool-use training data: golden trajectories, preference pairs, on-policy rollouts, and rejection-sampled completions.
  • Run distributed training on multi-GPU setups; manage inference at scale with vLLM (including extended-context configurations via YaRN / RoPE scaling).
  • Diagnose failure modes: reward hacking, distribution collapse, KL blow-up, tool-selection errors vs state-transition errors, format drift.
  • Define and track evaluation metrics  pass@k, pass^k, trajectory-level scoring, rubric-based vs binary scoring  and own model-quality reporting against benchmarks.
  • Partner with annotation, eval, and client teams to translate data-quality signals into training improvements.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of hands-on ML engineering experience, with at least 1+ year specifically on LLM post-training.
  • Demonstrated production or research experience with at least three of: SFT, LoRA/QLoRA, DPO, PPO, GRPO, RLHF.
  • Strong PyTorch fundamentals; working familiarity with Hugging Face TRL, Accelerate, DeepSpeed or FSDP, and vLLM.
  • Experience designing reward signals or verifiers for RL training  not just running training scripts.
  • Solid grasp of tokenization, attention, chat templates, tool-calling formats (OpenAI/Anthropic-style), and common failure modes in agent training.
  • Comfort with Python, distributed training, GPU profiling, and reading research papers and turning them into working code.

Strongly Preferred:


  • Experience training tool-use or agentic models (function calling, multi-step tool selection, planner-executor patterns).
  • Experience with synthetic data generation pipelines and rejection sampling.
  • Familiarity with MCP, LangChain/LangGraph, or similar agent frameworks.
  • Exposure to evals at scale: building harnesses, designing rubrics, dealing with judge variance and reward hacking.
  • Cloud/infra: RunPod, AWS, GCP; container workflows; long-context inference tuning.


Perks of Freelancing With Turing

  • Work in a fully remote environment.
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects with leading LLM companies.

Offer Details

  • Commitments Required: 40 hours per week with overlap of 4 hours with PST. 
  • Engagement Type: Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)
  • Duration of contract : 2 months; [expected start date is next week]
  • Location: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brazil

Evaluation Process

  • 2 rounds of Technical Interview (90 mins)
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