
AI Trainer (ML Engineering)
Listing checked November 10, 2026 · pay as published by micro1
Key details
- Pay
- $60–120/hr
- Location
- Remote
- Job type
- contract
- Openings
- 100
- Posted
- November 9, 2026
Overview
micro1 seeks Machine Learning Engineers with paid experience in AI training or model evaluation to join a project improving advanced AI systems. You will design realistic ML engineering tasks, build reproducible environments, and judge model-generated code and experiments. The work is fully remote, flexible, and requires at least 15 hours per week. Pay ranges from $60–$120/hour equivalent, based on accepted tasks. Strong applicants show public proof of skill via GitHub, Kaggle, Hugging Face, or similar.
What You'll Do6
- Design realistic machine learning engineering tasks that challenge advanced AI models.
- Write task instructions, set up reproducible environments, and define reference solutions and evaluation criteria.
- Assess model-generated code, experiments, analyses, and technical deliverables.
- Spot problems such as data leakage, faulty validation, unstable training, performance issues, or reproducibility gaps.
- Create objective standards for what counts as a correct solution.
- Review technical submissions from other AI trainers when needed.
Requirements4
- Prior paid experience training, evaluating, benchmarking, or improving AI systems.
- Strong practical proficiency with Python.
- Hands-on experience with PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, or similar ML tools.
- Ability to provide public evidence of skill, such as GitHub repositories, Kaggle or other competition results, Hugging Face models or datasets, research publications, open-source ML contributions, or public benchmarks.
Preferred Qualifications6
- Experience creating AI-training tasks, reference answers, rubrics, graders, or benchmark problems.
- Experience reviewing other AI trainers' technical submissions.
- Kaggle Expert, Master, or Grandmaster status, or strong results in another technical competition.
- Publications or open-source contributions in machine learning.
- Prior experience with long-horizon or agentic AI evaluations.
- Availability to begin immediately.
Who Should Apply
Machine Learning Engineers who have already completed substantive paid AI-training or model-evaluation work and can show public technical evidence. You should be comfortable with Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow, and able to design and judge challenging ML tasks.
Salary Insight
Pay is $60–$120 per hour equivalent, issued per accepted task. Compensation is output-based: you are paid for tasks that meet project specifications and quality requirements. Task availability and completion time may vary.
Pay and demand for AI Training roles
Market estimates from live NearSkill listings — separate from this job's published terms.
This role · as published
$60–120/hr
Taken from the listing itself.
Typical pay · estimated
$70/hour
Median of 1,286 similar roles that publish pay · 302 publish only a top rate; those count at the rate they gave
Most AI Training roles pay $40–$95 per hour. This role's pay falls inside that range.
Rates shown per hour. Yearly and monthly pay converted; one-time fees and non-USD pay are not included.
- Live similar roles
- 1,476
- Listed in last 30 days
- 761
- Remote
- 98%
Hiring most right now: micro1 (412) · SME Careers (254) · Mercor (222)
Most requested skills · share of roles
- ai evaluation14%
- llm evaluation12%
- data annotation12%
- ai training11%
Figures from AI Training roles live on NearSkill when this page loaded. A role can close before you apply, so check the listing itself.
Compare your resume against these rolesRequired skills
How applying works
1. Pre-screen on NearSkill
A quick application on NearSkill checks your fit against this role.
2. Finish on the employer’s site
We hand you to micro1’s official application page to complete the form.
3. Wait for a response
The employer’s hiring team reviews applications and gets back to you.
Similar jobs
Open roles that match this listing's skills and level.
micro1AI Trainer (SWE)
micro1AI Trainer (Engineering Sciences)
micro1AI Trainer (Mathematics & Statistics)
micro1AI Trainer (Life Sciences)
micro1AI Trainer (Earth & Environmental Sciences)
micro1
