You do not need to start a business or learn a new trade. AI labs need engineers to review generated code, write realistic programming tasks and judge whether a solution is correct, maintainable and safe. 181 such roles are open today.
Pay figures cover the 173 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
Real roles open today, one per platform, with the pay each platform publishes.
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
Backend engineers will evaluate how AI models reason about system design, data modeling, and API contracts, identifying failures like race conditions and N+1 queries that only surface under real load. The role involves stress-testing model-generated backend code and writing correct solutions when models fall short, with explicit attention to scaling and consistency trade-offs.
Among the 173 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, the median published rate is $70 per hour, and half of them fall between $60 and $90. Published rates run from $15 to $300 per hour. These are the rates platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
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181 Software Engineering AI training jobs are open on SideHustler today. 8 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 173 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $15 to $300 per hour, with a median of $70. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
Alignerr (106), Mercor (36), micro1 (22), DataAnnotation (9), Terac (3), Handshake AI (2), Vetto (2) 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 Code Quality & Review, AI Evaluation, System Design, Backend Development, Python. Each listing states its own requirements.
It depends on your employer and on the project. Check your employment contract first, in particular any confidentiality, exclusivity or outside-activity clause, and the rules of your profession if it is regulated. Hours are set by each project and are not guaranteed.
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