283 open roles accept applicants living in South Africa, based on the countries each platform publishes. The work is remote, and pay is published by the platform, usually in US dollars.
Pay figures cover the 265 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
This role involves analyzing and validating the protection of personal data within transformed datasets intended for training AI models. You will perform detailed checks to ensure that all sensitive information has been correctly removed or anonymized, applying strict data privacy standards.
Posted August 19, 2026
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You are being asked to evaluate and improve AI models specialized in contract review. As an experienced legal counselor, you will perform contract negotiation and review exercises, assess AI responses, and create rigorous evaluation frameworks to refine the performance of these artificial intelligence systems applied to the legal field.
Posted August 19, 2026
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This role involves reviewing hospitalization records to assess clinical quality and documentation, then providing detailed and justified feedback that will be used to train AI systems. You will apply your clinical expertise to the continuous improvement of review standards and guidelines used by models.
Posted August 19, 2026
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You will join an AI model training platform as a Data Partnerships Manager responsible for identifying and closing agreements with companies that have valuable operational data. Your role involves actively prospecting potential partners, conducting discovery calls, explaining the value of their data for AI, and negotiating contract terms through to signature.
Posted August 18, 2026
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This role involves creating and refining parametric 3D CAD models of mechanical parts and assemblies to support AI system training. You will apply your expertise in mechanical modeling and your in-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes to produce high-quality CAD data, without requiring prior experience in artificial intelligence.
Posted August 18, 2026
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This role involves developing and refining complex parametric 3D models in mechanical CAD, primarily with Autodesk Inventor, to contribute to the training of AI systems. You will apply your expertise in mechanical design, tolerance standards, and manufacturability to create high-quality training data, without requiring prior AI experience.
Posted August 18, 2026
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This role involves designing, editing and validating parametric CAD models in FreeCAD to support AI system training. You will develop a diverse library of mechanical parts and assemblies while respecting engineering standards and sizing conventions, and will perform rigorous quality checks on the data produced.
Posted August 18, 2026
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Join a team of data analysts to evaluate AI assistants in realistic analytical workflows. You will perform structured tasks simulating common use cases (anomaly investigations, KPI reporting, data refreshing) using AI-powered solutions connected to cloud data warehouses. Your domain expertise in data analysis will help train the next generation of AI systems.
Posted August 18, 2026
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This job involves creating and validating detailed parametric CAD models for mechanical parts and assemblies intended for manufacturing, using FreeCAD. You must master technical manufacturing specifications, tolerance and production processes, and produce complete engineering documentation to support the training of next-generation AI systems.
Posted August 18, 2026
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You are an experienced CAD engineer in mechanical design and use FreeCAD to create detailed parametric models intended for training AI systems. Your job is to develop optimized assemblies, apply functional dimensioning and design for manufacturing principles, generate technical documentation, and validate model quality in support of innovative projects.
Posted August 18, 2026
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This role involves contributing to the training of AI systems by simulating authentic software development activities. You will execute structured evaluations covering version control, code review, continuous integration, and workflow automation, verifying the technical quality of results in realistic environments. No prior AI experience is required, only your software development expertise matters.
Posted August 18, 2026
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You are a specialist in 3D parametric CAD modeling and will work on creating and improving detailed mechanical models to train AI systems. Your expertise in mechanical design and manufacturability principles will be leveraged to produce high-quality data for machine learning.
Posted August 18, 2026
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This role invites experienced lawyers from top-tier firms to contribute to the training of next-generation AI systems by applying your legal expertise. You will analyze American law topics, write and revise sophisticated legal content, and provide structured feedback to refine learning models. The work is performed remotely in a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach, requiring no prior experience with AI.
Posted August 17, 2026
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You leverage your professional experience in corporate environments to train AI systems to better understand and process business documents. You create realistic scenarios involving Excel, PowerPoint and Word, evaluate responses generated by models and provide detailed feedback to improve their capabilities.
Posted August 17, 2026
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This role involves evaluating the quality and linguistic authenticity of speech generated by AI models in Dutch. You will listen to short audio excerpts and provide detailed feedback on pronunciation, grammar, and fluency according to native Dutch standards. This role is designed for a Dutch-English bilingual expert capable of analyzing linguistic nuances in depth.
Posted August 14, 2026
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Job creating and evaluating video annotations for artificial intelligence systems. The motion graphics artist will analyze videos of robots and people performing actions, correcting and enriching annotations generated by AI according to defined criteria. This role requires no prior AI experience, but demands expertise in visual interpretation and precise communication.
Posted August 14, 2026
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You maintain one or several open source repositories and are invited to evaluate code patches generated by AI models, providing detailed and justified feedback. This role allows AI systems to benefit from your domain expertise to progress, with no specific artificial intelligence prerequisites.
Posted August 14, 2026
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You will contribute to training AI models by using your tax expertise to analyze US sales and use tax laws. The job consists of reading tax statutes, defining precise criteria that AI formal translation must meet, and evaluating the quality of these translations. This role is aimed at accountants or tax specialists with solid experience in state and federal tax law.
Posted August 14, 2026
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This role consists of annotating and evaluating videos of robots and humans in action to train AI models. You will analyze the quality of automatically generated annotations, compare video sequences, and document your observations according to defined criteria. No prior experience in artificial intelligence is required, only your expertise in the relevant field matters.
Posted August 14, 2026
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This role involves evaluating the quality and authenticity of speakers or AI models speaking in Bengali by analyzing audio clips according to precise linguistic criteria. You will document your evaluations in writing in English and provide detailed justifications to improve AI models. This role is intended for bilingual experts with native fluency in Bengali and excellent knowledge of English.
Posted August 13, 2026
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283 AI training jobs in South Africa are open on SideHustler today. 30 were posted in the last 7 days. Listings are rechecked against the official postings: the latest check on this list was on October 8, 2026.
Among the 265 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $6 to $400 per hour, with a median of $70. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
micro1 (276), Mindrift (5), Mercor (1) and Turing (1). You apply on the platform itself, which handles screening, contracts and payment.
The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are AI Evaluation, Data Annotation, Content Annotation, Multilingual Expertise, Language Evaluation. Each listing states its own requirements.
Each job listed here comes from a posting where the platform publishes the countries it accepts, and South Africa is among them. 616 other open jobs do not publish their eligible countries: they are in the full catalog but not on this page.
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