Secure Code Review Task Author
Job Description
IXO is engaging specialists to evaluate software behavior and security findings that can be verified in code. Your contribution is technical work: make the reasoning inspectable, identify substantive errors and provide evidence that supports a reliable assessment.
Work you will do
• Investigate bugs, vulnerabilities and performance problems across the appropriate language and codebase.
• Develop or assess fixes, features and refactors with attention to backend behavior, maintainability and secure design.
• Document the evidence and reasoning behind security audits or code reviews, explaining how a proposed correction can be tested.
Preferred background
• Depth in Python 3, Go, Rust, Java, C+• or TypeScript, with evidence of complex debugging, backend implementation and large-codebase improvements.
• Security review, penetration testing and vulnerability assessment; algorithms, refactoring, performance reasoning and secure-development lifecycle knowledge.
• Explain findings precisely. Prior AI or data-oriented work is useful but optional.
Deliverables
Submit the completed technical artifact or assessment with its supporting evidence, explicit assumptions, reproducible checks where applicable, and concise reasons for each material judgment. Address review findings within the agreed scope.
Location and schedule
Remote assignments are scheduled by agreement, with no guaranteed weekly volume. Availability planning can include 15 hours per week depending on the track. IXO confirms the applicable timing before work.
Pay and working terms
Per completed task; fee agreed before work USD. Payment is for a completed task that meets the agreed acceptance criteria. The fee, task specification and revision requirements are agreed before work; an advertised time estimate does not determine payment. Applying does not guarantee an assignment. Use public, licensed or otherwise authorized material only; do not submit confidential employer information, personal data or restricted research. Security and safety testing stays within the expressly authorized evaluation environment.