01 · The role
What you would do
- Explore and make sense of code repositories you have not worked in before
- Build, change and debug front-end and back-end components
- Reproduce reported software issues, trace their causes and fix them in keeping with each project's architecture
- Write unit, integration, regression and end-to-end tests
- Check patches written by AI models for correctness, completeness, security and maintainability
- Help translate complete code builds from one programming language into another
02 · Requirements
What they ask for
- A public or otherwise verifiable GitHub profile
- Ownership of, or meaningful contributions to, open-source repositories; documentation edits, dependency bumps, formatting changes and typo fixes alone do not count
- Strong software-engineering experience in several programming languages, such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, Rust, C++, C#, Ruby or PHP
- Readiness to discuss specific repositories, pull requests and code you wrote yourself
- Availability for about 15 hours a week and a minimum number of task submissions each week
- Pass micro1's screening: application questions, an AI interview of about 30 minutes and a review by the hiring manager
- Open source
- GitHub
- Debugging
- Software testing
- Code review
03 · Eligibility
Who can apply
Global and fully remote, the listing says. None of Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa or Egypt is on micro1's list of countries it cannot hire from.
Open in Africa
Open to applicants in Africa, as far as the listing and micro1's country rules show. micro1 in Africa
Apply from where you live, as yourself. Using a VPN or someone else's identity to get around a country rule breaks these platforms' terms, and it is the quickest way to lose an account and any unpaid earnings.
04 · Applying
How to get in
You apply through micro1's own process. The steps from sign-up to first paid task are on its profile.
- How AI interviews work at micro1 and Mercor: what the AI interview checks, and how to prepare.
- Getting paid from Africa: PayPal, Payoneer, Airtm, Wise and more. It covers which of micro1's payout routes work where you live, and what they cost.
05 · Source
About this listing
We last confirmed this opening on Oct 31, 2026, and it was posted on Sep 16, 2026. Rates and hours come from the listing unless the note beside the rate says otherwise. Where the listing names no countries, the Africa status is our reading of it and of what is known of micro1's country rules, set out on its profile, and never marks a role more open than they show. The listing itself has the final word.
The listing on jobs.micro1.ai(opens in a new tab)