Software Design Document Quality Reviewer

IXO is engaging specialists to evaluate technical documents that express sound software-engineering decisions. Your contribution is technical work: make the reasoning inspectable, identify substantive errors and provide evidence that supports a reliable assessment.

Work you will do

• Review and refine architecture documents, RFCs, specifications, proposals, postmortems or other engineering artifacts.
• Develop prompts that require substantive technical reasoning, then evaluate the generated content against clear criteria.
• Research and fact-check important claims, explain weaknesses precisely and provide structured feedback on correctness, clarity and completeness.

Preferred background

• At least three years in software engineering, technical leadership, management or architecture, with a record of substantive technical writing or review.
• Relevant artifacts include RFCs, design specifications, architecture decisions, proposals, postmortems, technical articles and code reviews.
• Advanced study or strong academic credentials are valued; coding assistants and automated documentation tools are 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. IXO confirms the applicable timing before work.

Pay and working terms

• $105 $210/hr USD. The agreed hourly rate, scope, schedule and acceptance criteria are confirmed before work starts. 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.