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Drilling Engineer (Remote, Part-Time)

Up to 85/hr
Remote
Part-Time
Posted October 5, 2026
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Key details

Pay
Up to $85/hr
Location
RemoteUnited States
Job type
Part-Time
Posted
October 5, 2026

Overview

Handshake AI hires energy professionals to shape how AI models handle drilling and well operations content. You bring your field knowledge of drilling operations, well planning, and the data systems that track them, then judge what a model produces and flag where it drifts from real practice. The engagement runs as an hourly, project-based fellowship you can stack on top of a current role, with an asynchronous schedule and no floor on hours. Most contributors log somewhere between 5 and 20 hours a week while a project stays active, and placement follows whatever work is open at the time. No background in AI is needed to start.

What You'll Do7

  • Review AI-generated answers about drilling and completions work and score them for technical accuracy.
  • Write expert reference material that captures how drilling workflows actually run in the field.
  • Compare model output against accepted well planning and cost analysis practices.
  • Call out errors in terminology, sequence, or calculations and explain the correct approach in writing.
  • Translate hands-on knowledge of tools such as WellView, SAP, ComboCurve, or AVEVA PI into clear training examples.
  • Document feedback so research teams can trace why a response passed or failed.
  • Keep your own queue moving without daily supervision from a manager.

Requirements7

  • At least 2 years of professional experience in drilling, completions, or a related energy operations role.
  • Background as a Drilling Engineer, Completions Engineer, Well Cost Analyst, Drilling Superintendent, or a comparable position.
  • Direct working knowledge of at least one of these platforms: WellView, SAP, ComboCurve, or AVEVA PI.
  • Writing that holds up to technical review, with precise wording and no ambiguity.
  • Sharp eye for detail when checking numbers, units, and operational steps.
  • Capacity to work on your own schedule and stay responsive to an AI research team.
  • No prior AI or machine learning experience required.

Who Should Apply

The strongest fit is someone who has spent a few years inside drilling or completions operations and still remembers the exact steps, tools, and cost structures involved. If you have used WellView or AVEVA PI as part of your daily work, you can describe those workflows without guessing, which is exactly what this project needs. Candidates get rejected most often when their experience is adjacent but shallow, such as general oil and gas exposure without drilling or completions ownership. A second common miss is writing that stays vague, where a reviewer cannot tell whether the person knows the tool or simply recognizes the name. This role suits people who want flexible side income and not a permanent position, so anyone seeking full-time hours or a career track should look elsewhere.

Salary Insight

Pay reaches $85.00 per hour. That sits at the top of what project-based AI training work pays for domain specialists, and it reflects the seniority the team wants: several years of hands-on drilling or completions experience plus fluency in tools like WellView or ComboCurve. Rates in this kind of work usually scale with how rare your specialty is, so deep drilling operations knowledge puts you near the ceiling.

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Drilling EngineeringCompletions EngineeringWell PlanningWell Cost AnalysisDrilling OperationsWellviewSapCombocurveAveva PiEnergy Data SystemsData AnnotationAI Model Evaluation

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