AI TRAINER (SWE) - REMOTE
Location: Global, Fully Remote
- Employment Type: Contractor
- Time Commitment: 15+ hours per week
- Schedule: Flexible
- Compensation: $60–$120/hour equivalent, paid per accepted task
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking Software Engineers with prior professional AI-training or model-evaluation experience to support a project focused on improving advanced AI systems.
You will apply your software engineering expertise to create challenging technical tasks, evaluate model-generated code, identify failures, and establish objective standards for correct solutions. This role is intended for candidates with substantive hands-on AI-training experience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Create realistic software engineering tasks that challenge advanced AI models.
Develop task instructions, reproducible environments, reference solutions, tests, and evaluation criteria.
Evaluate model-generated code and technical deliverables for correctness, robustness, and completeness.
Identify issues involving implementation, debugging, dependencies, performance, testing, and reproducibility.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Prior paid experience training, evaluating, benchmarking, or improving AI systems.
Strong practical proficiency in Python.
Professional experience with at least one additional programming language, such as Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, C++, C#, or Go.
Strong knowledge of software design, debugging, testing, version control, and dependency management.
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PUBLIC PROOF OF SKILL
Applicants should provide verifiable evidence of their expertise, such as:
Substantial GitHub or GitLab repositories.
Meaningful open-source contributions.
Maintainer or core-contributor responsibilities.
Codeforces, ICPC, Olympiad, or other programming competition results.
Public developer tools, libraries, systems, or technical projects.
Technical publications, benchmarks, or engineering write-ups.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience creating AI-training tasks, reference solutions, tests, graders, or benchmark problems.
Experience reviewing technical submissions from other AI trainers.
Codeforces rating of approximately 1900 or higher, or strong results in another programming competition.
Experience with Linux, Docker, CI/CD, command-line tools, or sandboxed environments.
Experience with long-horizon or agentic coding evaluations.
Availability to begin immediately.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Submit your application, AI-training experience, and public technical evidence.
Complete an AI interview covering technical and integrity checks.
Undergo a hiring-manager review.
Complete project onboarding and begin your first assigned task if selected.
COMPENSATION AND WORK ARRANGEMENT
Compensation is output-based, with an estimated equivalent of $60–$120 per hour. Payment is made for tasks that meet project specifications and quality requirements. Task availability and completion time may vary.
This is a global, fully remote contractor opportunity with a flexible schedule and a minimum commitment of 15 hours per week.
