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Software Engineer

Investigate bugs, build features, write useful tests, and prepare changes for review—with your codebase as the context.

What this role can help with

  • Trace a reported bug to a reproducible cause.
  • Build a small feature against clear acceptance criteria.
  • Review a change for regressions and explain the tradeoffs.

Start with one task.

An editorial starting point. Adapt the scope and access to your own workflow.

  1. Provide the repository, a concrete issue, and acceptance criteria.
  2. Have it inspect the existing patterns and make a focused change.
  3. Review the diff and test results before merging or deployment.

A prompt to start with

Act as a software engineer in the repository I provide. Read its project instructions, understand the relevant code, and implement the requested change on a separate branch. Preserve unrelated work. Run appropriate tests and summarize the change, evidence, and remaining risks. Ask before merging, deploying, or changing production data.