Open AI training and model evaluation roles that call for Backend Development expertise, gathered from 8 platforms. Part of Software Engineering.
Pay figures cover the 72 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 is a paid research interview in which experienced software engineers review proposed programming tasks and their evaluation environments. Participants assess how realistic, difficult and well structured the challenges are, and they suggest ways to make the test suites more robust. It suits engineers who already build or review complex codebases and know how test harnesses work.
Posted October 1, 2026
You will contribute to training AI models by applying your expertise in cybersecurity and software development. You will analyze vulnerabilities, fix bugs, implement features and perform security audits on various projects. This role is aimed at experienced engineers in information security and backend development.
Posted September 21, 2026
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You will create realistic programming tasks and verifiers to train AI systems, leveraging your expertise in backend development and your awareness of software security issues. This role is for experienced engineers in service architecture and security best practices, with no AI prerequisite.
Posted September 20, 2026
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This role involves creating realistic programming problems and implementing checkers to train next-generation AI systems. You will leverage your backend development expertise to design coding tasks involving feature implementation and bug fixes, as well as to automatically validate solutions proposed by AI.
Posted September 20, 2026
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This role involves contributing to an AI training project as an open source software engineer. You will explore unfamiliar repositories, implement and debug front-end and back-end components, and evaluate patches generated by AI. The ideal candidate is an experienced developer with significant contributions to established open source projects.
Posted September 16, 2026
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This remote contract role allows you to contribute to an AI training project as a senior full-stack engineer. The tasks involve developing, debugging, evaluating, and refactoring software components covering both front-end and back-end, as well as translating code from one language to another.
Posted September 16, 2026
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You will evaluate the quality and correctness of AI-assisted software development traces used to train and assess models at a leading AI laboratory. You must judge the accuracy of coding sessions, the consistency of workflows, and the quality of reasoning, then provide structured written feedback according to an evaluation grid.
Posted August 28, 2026
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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This role is for engineers who have built and deployed search systems, particularly in the context of AI agents and large language models. You will be evaluated on your hands-on experience in relevance optimization, impact assessment, and the technical trade-offs you have had to make in real-world systems.
Posted August 1, 2026
You will develop robust backend services in C# and .NET to contribute to the training of next-generation AI systems. This remote role values your software development expertise rather than prior knowledge of artificial intelligence. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable and secure solutions.
Posted April 17, 2026
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You will build an AI-native platform that replaces manual operations with real-time dashboards and autonomous agent workflows. As a lead engineer, you will drive complete product development from foundations through integrations and pilot launch, delivering production features on frontend and backend.
Posted February 26, 2026
This role supports AI model training by writing, correcting, and curating code examples in specialized programming languages. It suits experienced software engineers who can judge whether code meets professional standards for performance, scalability, and reliability.
Posted February 26, 2026
Join a network of backend engineering experts to collaborate with AI labs and cutting-edge companies on contract-based roles. You will contribute to training and evaluating AI models, creating tasks based on real-world scenarios, and providing specialized feedback to advance AI research.
Posted February 20, 2026
Join a network of full-stack engineering experts to collaborate with leading AI laboratories and companies. You will be matched with varied roles consisting of training and evaluating AI models, designing tasks based on real-world scenarios, and providing specialized feedback to advance AI research. Typical engagements range from 15 to 30 hours per week.
Posted February 20, 2026
Experienced software engineers are needed to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. You will evaluate AI-generated content, create expert-level software engineering problems, and provide structured feedback to help AI models improve their reasoning about production systems and architecture.
Posted March 10, 2025
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75 Backend Development AI training jobs are open on SideHustler today. 4 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 72 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $20 to $300 per hour, with a median of $64. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
Alignerr (50), micro1 (10), Mercor (6), DataAnnotation (3), Terac (3), Handshake AI (1), Mindrift (1) and xAI (1). You apply on the platform itself, which handles screening, contracts and payment.
The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are Backend Development, Code Quality & Review, System Design, AI Evaluation, Python. Each listing states its own requirements.
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