Open AI training and model evaluation roles that call for Data Engineering expertise, gathered from 6 platforms. Part of Data & Machine Learning.
Pay figures cover the 35 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 remote contract role involves designing and building the software that measures how well AI models perform, including evaluation pipelines, automated testing harnesses, and internal dashboards and APIs. It suits senior engineers who have shipped production systems and want to work closely with AI research teams on reliable, repeatable evaluation tooling.
This remote contract role involves building coding benchmarks and data pipelines that test how well frontier AI models reason about, debug, and write software. It is aimed at senior software engineers with several years of professional experience who can work across large, multi-language codebases.
This contract role is for senior engineers who build the backend systems behind AI model development. The work covers high-performance pipelines, annotation tooling, and evaluation infrastructure that support model training and benchmarking. It is aimed at engineers with several years of production experience in Go, Rust, Python, or C++ who are fully remote and available 20 to 40 hours per week.
This is a remote hourly contract for a senior Rust engineer who will design and maintain high-performance data pipelines, annotation tooling, and evaluation systems used to train AI models. The work is production-focused, involves backend and tooling services, and suits engineers who can work independently with research and data teams.
This is a remote hourly contract for senior systems engineers who will build and tune the C++ infrastructure behind AI data pipelines, annotation tools and model evaluation. The work centers on performance, reliability and production fixes, carried out alongside research and engineering teams. It suits experienced C++ developers with a systems background who want to work on the infrastructure used to train and ship AI models.
ML expert for the evaluation and training of AI models on machine learning tasks and data pipelines (ETL).
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Expert data engineering for evaluating data engineering tasks (SQL, ETL, data processing) performed by AI models.
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Design and optimization of deep learning systems, statistical analysis and training of ML models for Turing clients, remote work with time overlap with US time zones.
A freelance Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer role focused on building and maintaining end-to-end data extraction workflows for complex websites. You will combine web scraping expertise with data processing to deliver high-quality, validated datasets for real-world applications, handling dynamic content and scaling operations efficiently.
Posted October 3, 2026
You will join a network of data experts to assess and evaluate the quality of analyses produced by frontier AI models. Your roles will consist of designing analysis problems, evaluating pipelines and queries generated by the models, and identifying results that are technically valid but potentially misleading for decision-makers. This role is aimed at data practitioners with concrete experience in delivered analytical projects.
Posted September 15, 2026
This role involves supporting the integration of customer data on the platform by collaborating with experienced engineers. You will build scripts and automations, solve technical problems, and ensure the quality of data transfers while communicating with customers. The role offers progression toward a full engineer position over time.
Posted September 14, 2026
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This role involves developing and validating machine learning models, training pipelines and inference systems as part of an AI training project. The role is heavily focused on Python programming and requires confirmed expertise in machine learning engineering, with the ability to implement, optimize and debug complex solutions.
Posted September 11, 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 role involves analyzing and annotating data from production computer networks to fuel artificial intelligence models. You will leverage your experience as a level 3 network support engineer to label network behaviors, anomalies and incidents, while becoming familiar with the data pipelines used in AI.
Posted August 14, 2026
You will bring your expertise in atomistic modeling and computational chemistry to a cutting-edge AI laboratory in materials science. Your role consists of generating and evaluating high-quality scientific data for training AI models, by applying your in-depth knowledge of surface simulation, adsorption and reaction kinetics. You will contribute directly to improving the scientific reasoning of models on chemical processes and material properties.
Posted August 6, 2026
This is a freelance role for a senior Python engineer to handle specialized data scraping and extraction workflows for real-world applications. You will own end-to-end data extraction from complex websites, ensure data quality, and scale operations using modern tools and custom approaches.
Posted May 27, 2026
This Big Data Engineer role consists of designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines to support the training of next-generation AI systems. You will work as a contractor in remote, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement robust data integration and processing solutions. The role requires deep expertise in big data engineering and advanced proficiency in Python and distributed technologies.
Posted April 17, 2026
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This role enables a machine learning engineer to contribute to the development of next-generation AI systems by designing and refining machine learning models. You will apply your expertise in Python and ML frameworks to process large volumes of data, optimize model performance, and deliver actionable insights based on rigorous analysis.
Posted April 17, 2026
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This is a remote freelance role reviewing technical scenarios that will be used to train AI assistants. The work is to judge whether each scenario reflects real engineering reasoning, spotting logical errors, edge cases, poor practices and weak trade-offs, then improving the scenario so it tests sound technical judgment. It suits professional software developers, data engineers and automation specialists who write and run code in their daily work.
Posted March 17, 2026
Join a network of business intelligence experts to collaborate with leading AI labs on varied projects. You will contribute to training and evaluating AI models, creating tasks based on real-world scenarios, and providing expert feedback to advance AI research. This program is aimed at experienced professionals in data analysis, visualization, and modeling, available for remote work of 15 to 30 hours per week.
Posted February 27, 2026
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FAQ
41 Data Engineering AI training jobs are open on SideHustler today. 1 was 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 35 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $20 to $250 per hour, with a median of $63. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
Alignerr (25), micro1 (7), Mercor (5), Mindrift (2), Turing (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 Data Engineering, AI Evaluation, Python, Backend Development, Data Annotation. Each listing states its own requirements.
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