Technical Vetting Contractor

South Africa Until 8/23/2026 First posted April 21, 2026 Last posted April 21, 2026
Job description

The Opportunity

We're on the lookout for leads and managers who have experience hiring tech professional to join OfferZen’s Code Council. Think of it as paying it forward💡

As a Technical Vetting Contractor, you’ll help assess real candidates looking for tech jobs by reviewing tech assessments and conducting technical interviews. Only free to do one tech assessment per week? That's fine. Want to do two every day? Great! This is a flexible arrangement that allows you to commit as much time as you're able.

This role is for you if you care about raising the bar in tech, and like the idea of being part of a community that values quality, fairness, and great engineering,

What you’ll do

  • Conduct candidate technical vetting.
    • Reviewing AI generated Assessments for specific positions.
    • Review & Grade candidate assessment submissions.
    • Conduct technical Interviews with candidates who pass the assessment.
    • Provide summaries (write-ups) of the candidate that can be submitted to the Customer.
  • Provide feedback to the Head of Technical Vetting on our technical vetting rigour and process.
  • Collaborate with the product team to improve platform tools and insights for tech vetting.
  • Document and maintain guidelines for assessments, scoring, and summaries.

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

  • Technical assessment ability: Strong judgment in evaluating assignment submissions and conducting technical interviews across multiple tech stacks.
  • Attention to detail: Accurate, high-quality assessments and summaries. Identifies subtle signals in technical skills (eg: code, process flow, automation) and communication.
  • Interviewing skills: Can run structured technical interviews that assess both hard skills and problem-solving approaches.

Background:

  • 5+ years as a senior tech professional, we're on the look out for:
    • Senior Software Engineers, Leads or Managers with experience in C++, and/or, C#/.NET, and/or MERN stack, and/or Golang
    • Senior Data Engineers (or Leads, Managers)
    • Senior Data Scientists, Data Analysts  (or Leads, Managers)
    • Senior DevOps / Platform Engineers (or Leads, Managers)
  • Extensive experience conducting technical interviews and reviewing assessments. 
  • Demonstrated ability to identify high-quality candidates.

The OfferZen Story

OfferZen is on a mission to connect every developer with opportunities to build an awesome future. Check out our website for more.

We promise:

  • No death-by-meeting.
  • Flexible gigs, on your time.
  • Good vibes only.

*This role can be based locally or remotely - we welcome all applicants based in South Africa.

About this role

Summary

Evaluate and conduct technical interviews for tech candidates across multiple stacks.

Job title

Technical Vetting Contractor

Experience level

5+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

South Africa, remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

assessment evaluationinterviewingattention to detailcommunication

Preferred skills

C++C#/.NETMERN stackGolanghigh-quality review

Specializations

assessmentinterviewingtech stacksreview
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

South Africa

Remote Country