Open AI training and model evaluation roles that call for LLM Research expertise, gathered from 5 platforms. Part of Data & Machine Learning.
Pay figures cover the 25 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
Research role focused on evaluating code generation by LLMs: designing evaluation frameworks and criteria.
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Participants work on their own real projects using an AI coding assistant in a terminal while each session is recorded for an AI research organization. The role suits both experienced developers and non-coders who build with AI tools.
Posted October 7, 2026
You have deployed and operated language model-based agents in production, with direct experience of their failures and real adoption in enterprise environments. This role consists of sharing your expertise on reliability, evaluation, and scaling of AI agents in complex environments, through conversational interviews drawing on your concrete practical feedback.
Posted August 12, 2026
We are looking for experienced machine learning researchers to work on empirical research problems covering computer vision, language models, and robustness to adversarial attacks. You will train and improve end-to-end models, optimizing trade-offs between performance, efficiency, and robustness in resource-constrained contexts.
Posted August 5, 2026
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
One-off job consisting of designing difficult problems in your area of expertise to contribute to the training of cutting-edge language models. You will leverage your scientific or technical specialization to create high-quality data intended for artificial intelligence innovation. The sought profile is a PhD holder or advanced degree holder with recognized expertise in STEM.
Posted July 24, 2026
This role involves supporting the development of advanced language models as a marketing subject matter expert. You will design relevant training tasks, evaluate AI model outputs against structured rubrics, and refine scoring criteria to ensure the quality of training data. This role is suited to experienced marketers who have already contributed to AI model evaluation.
Posted July 10, 2026
An AI research organization is seeking advanced users of language models to evaluate the quality of AI responses to complex, contextualized personal tasks. Your role involves judging whether AI systems provide useful, personalized, and realistic advice in areas such as nutrition, health, productivity, or career. This position is for candidates who intensively use AI tools in their daily lives and can identify what makes an AI response relevant or failing.
Posted June 13, 2026
This role is a hands-on research position focused on post-training large language models, where expert annotations are converted into training data and experimental reward signals. It suits a researcher with a PhD or equivalent experience in machine learning or a related quantitative field who can work independently and iterate fast on messy experiments.
Posted January 23, 2026
You will evaluate the quality of German texts generated by a large language model and curate high-level German linguistic data to improve its capabilities. This role is suited for experts with native or near-native fluency in German and professional experience in literary editing or linguistic annotation.
Posted June 18, 2025
Handshake AI seeks skilled PCB and EDA tool users to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback on electronics design tasks. Contributors will work flexibly on project-based contract work that involves assessing large language model responses related to PCB layout, schematic capture, and embedded hardware design.
Posted March 10, 2025
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31 LLM Research 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 25 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $15 to $200 per hour, with a median of $110. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
Alignerr (19), Mercor (8), micro1 (2), Handshake AI (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 LLM Research, AI Evaluation, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning. Each listing states its own requirements.
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