Open AI training and model evaluation roles that call for C++ & Rust expertise, gathered from 5 platforms. Part of Software Engineering.
Pay figures cover the 41 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
You will evaluate AI-generated code by running models on real engineering tasks, analyzing their output against production standards, and stress-testing them to find failures. This role is ideal for experienced software engineers who want to contribute to AI model improvement through rigorous code review and red-teaming.
You will contribute to training next-generation AI models by creating realistic coding tasks and implementing deterministic verifiers. This flexible contracting role is aimed at experienced backend engineers capable of generating relevant technical challenges and automatically evaluating solutions.
Posted October 6, 2026
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Deep expertise in network engineering, legacy/enterprise systems and advanced programming languages (CUDA, C++, Rust, MLOps, COBOL, ABAP, Scala, Kotlin, OCaml).
You will help train AI models by creating realistic programming tasks and deterministic validators. This flexible contractor role will allow you to leverage your backend development experience to design relevant challenges for AI to solve.
Posted October 3, 2026
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Mercor is recruiting experienced software and firmware engineers to support an AI research initiative with a major technology organization. The job involves evaluating and improving complex engineering solutions involving embedded systems, firmware, FPGA/RTL designs, flight software and hardware test workflows, drawing on hands-on experience with physical products and real-world debugging.
Posted September 26, 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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You will create reinforcement learning environments to test the ability of AI models to solve complex competitive programming problems. For each problem, you will develop a reference solution, design robust validators, and build a comprehensive test suite. This role is for competitive programming experts capable of working autonomously in remote work.
Posted September 16, 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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This role enables you to analyze and optimize diverse codebases, as well as design programming tasks to evaluate generative AI models. It is intended for experts in algorithmics and competitive programming problem-solving, capable of working autonomously and providing high-quality technical feedback.
Posted September 14, 2026
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You will contribute to the development and improvement of open source projects by writing high-quality code, fixing complex bugs and optimizing existing codebases. This remote role is aimed at experienced software engineers who master multiple programming languages and want to apply their competitive programming skills to shape next-generation AI systems.
Posted September 14, 2026
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This role consists of solving algorithmic and debugging challenges designed to evaluate the reasoning capabilities of advanced AI models. You will analyze independent technical problems, implement solutions in terminal development environments, and produce testable and reproducible code. The ideal profile is an experienced developer skilled in solving algorithmic problems, capable of working independently and communicating technical decisions clearly.
Posted September 11, 2026
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This role consists of creating reinforcement learning environments to test the capabilities of AI models in solving complex software engineering problems, including code correction, feature creation, and performance optimization. As an expert software engineer, you will produce quality code examples, debugging strategies, and reproducible reference solutions. The role requires confirmed expertise in programming and an established presence in open source.
Posted September 7, 2026
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Create training environments and test cases to evaluate the capabilities of AI models in solving software engineering problems such as code correction, feature development, or performance optimization. This role is aimed at experienced software engineers with recognized expertise in at least one modern programming language.
Posted September 7, 2026
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Lead electrical test automation projects for complex hardware systems and components. This role calls upon your expertise in instrumentation, hardware validation and automated test procedure design. It is intended for experienced electrical engineers who know how to design and execute sophisticated test benches.
Posted August 29, 2026
This role involves evaluating the quality, correctness, and reproducibility of software engineering tasks used to train and test the AI models of a leading laboratory. You audit tasks at the repository level, baseline patches, test harnesses, and scoring system integrity, providing structured feedback based on 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 involves evaluating advanced AI systems on their ability to analyze complex cybersecurity scenarios, identify vulnerabilities and propose exploits. The ideal candidate is an experienced offensive security researcher with publicly recognized technical contributions and deep expertise in vulnerability research and security engineering.
Posted August 4, 2026
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42 C++ & Rust AI training jobs are open on SideHustler today. 2 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 41 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $20 to $300 per hour, with a median of $70. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
Alignerr (20), micro1 (14), Mercor (6), DataAnnotation (1) and Vetto (1). You apply on the platform itself, which handles screening, contracts and payment.
The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are C++ & Rust, Code Quality & Review, Python, AI Evaluation, Java & TypeScript. Each listing states its own requirements.
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