PHP Quality Lead for AI Training Projects Remote

What You'll Do9

• Spot-check PHP items and provide ongoing feedback through DMs to keep contributors aligned with guidelines.
• Review AI-generated PHP code, backend snippets, debugging responses, API examples, database logic, and tests to ensure quality and correctness.
• Update trainers and QAs on Discord about guideline changes and PHP-specific quality standards to maintain consistency.
• Answer questions around PHP syntax, frameworks, runtime behavior, security, testing, and rubric interpretation to support the team.
• Activate inactive contributors via DMs and maintain follow-up tracking to sustain engagement.
• Create and maintain PHP documentation, style guides, examples, trackers, FAQs, onboarding materials, and calibration tasks.
• Lead onboarding and training calls for PHP trainers and QAs to level-set expectations and practices.
• Flag insecure, outdated, or non-production-ready PHP recommendations and escalate when needed.
• Identify recurring quality gaps and propose improvements to QA processes to raise overall output quality.

Requirements10

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong English to follow guidelines and provide clear technical feedback.
• 3+ years of professional PHP development, backend engineering, code review, QA, mentoring, or related workflows.
• Solid understanding of PHP 8+, OOP, namespaces, Composer, autoloading, arrays, exceptions, type declarations, sessions, HTTP, REST APIs, database access, and error handling.
• Ability to identify issues such as non-executable code, insecure SQL handling, weak validation, flawed logic, outdated syntax, hallucinated APIs, or incomplete explanations in PHP content.
• Familiarity with Laravel, Symfony, PHPUnit, Pest, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, GitHub, CI/CD, static analysis tools, and PSR standards is preferred.
• Experience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, annotators, reviewers, engineers, or QAs.
• Comfort with Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, GitHub, and PM systems.
• Highly organized and able to maintain documentation, style guides, trackers, FAQs, calibration tasks, and honeypots.
• Experience with AI training, LLM evaluation, code QA, or rubric-based review is a strong plus.

Who Should Apply

Candidates with hands-on PHP 8+ experience and a track record coordinating remote QA or training teams will fit well here. Look for proven success in leading or supporting distributed projects that involve AI training workflows. If you have limited remote collaboration experience or lack exposure to frameworks like Laravel or Symfony, this role may not be a strong match. The ideal applicant communicates clearly in English, follows rubrics closely, and keeps thorough documentation to support consistent quality. We’re seeking those who can produce precise, rubric-driven feedback and contribute to process improvements over time.

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