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AI Trainer (SWE)

micro1

LocationFully remote, global; country eligibility must be checked on the official posting.
SeniorityUnspecified
Companymicro1
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Compensation

$125k-$250k

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Schedule

flexible

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What this posting tells you

Remote contractor role creating technical tasks and evaluating model-generated code. The listing states compensation of $60–$120/hour equivalent, paid per accepted task; task availability and completion time may vary. The role requires prior paid AI-training or model-evaluation experience and strong software engineering skills. Country eligibility should be confirmed on the official posting.

Role lane

Backend, Customer success, Design and creative, Frontend, Medical billing, Operations, Product, QA and testing, Software, Customer support

Where you can work

Eligible countries are not stated.

Working hours

Global

Arrangement

Unspecified · Contractor

Required signals
Prior paid experience training, evaluating, benchmarking, or improving AI systemsPythonProfessional experience with at least one additional programming languageSoftware designDebuggingTestingVersion controlDependency management
Preferred signals
Creating AI-training tasks, reference solutions, tests, graders, or benchmark problemsReviewing other AI trainers’ technical submissionsProgramming competition experienceLinuxDockerCI/CDCommand-line toolsSandboxed environmentsLong-horizon or agentic coding evaluations
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Skills and signals
Prior paid experience training, evaluating, benchmarking, or improving AI systemsPythonProfessional experience with at least one additional programming languageSoftware designDebuggingTestingVersion controlDependency managementCreating AI-training tasks, reference solutions, tests, graders, or benchmark problemsReviewing other AI trainers’ technical submissionsProgramming competition experienceLinuxDockerCI/CDCommand-line toolsSandboxed environmentsFully remote, global; country eligibility must be checked on the official posting.
Job description

AI Trainer (SWE) at micro1

Pay: $60–$120/hour equivalent, paid per accepted task

Location: Global, fully remote

Job Type: Contractor

Time Commitment: 15+ hours per week

Schedule: Flexible

micro1 is looking for Software Engineers with prior professional AI-training or model-evaluation experience to support a project focused on improving advanced AI systems.

You will use your software engineering expertise to create challenging technical tasks, evaluate model-generated code, identify failures, and establish objective standards for correct solutions. This role is intended for candidates who have already completed substantive AI-training work.

What You’ll Work On

Create realistic software engineering tasks that challenge advanced AI models.

Develop task instructions, reproducible environments, reference solutions, tests, and evaluation criteria.

Evaluate model-generated code and technical deliverables for correctness, robustness, and completeness.

Identify issues involving implementation, debugging, dependencies, performance, testing, or reproducibility.

Required qualifications

Prior paid experience training, evaluating, benchmarking, or improving AI systems.

Strong practical proficiency with Python.

Professional experience with at least one additional programming language, such as Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, C++, C#, or Go.

Strong knowledge of software design, debugging, testing, version control, and dependency management.

Public Proof of Skill

Strong applicants should provide evidence such as

Substantial GitHub or GitLab repositories

Meaningful open-source contributions

Maintainer or core-contributor responsibilities

Codeforces, ICPC, Olympiad, or other programming-competition results

Public developer tools, libraries, systems, or technical projects

Technical publications, benchmarks, or engineering write-ups

Preferred qualifications

Experience creating AI-training tasks, reference solutions, tests, graders, or benchmark problems.

Experience reviewing other AI trainers’ technical submissions.

Codeforces rating of approximately 1900 or higher, or strong results in another programming competition.

Experience with Linux, Docker, CI/CD, command-line tools, or sandboxed environments.

Prior experience with long-horizon or agentic coding evaluations.

Availability to begin immediately.

Application Process

Submit your application, AI-training experience, and public technical evidence.

Complete an AI interview containing technical and integrity checks.

Complete a hiring-manager review.

If selected, complete project onboarding and begin your first assigned task.

Compensation

Compensation is output-based. Experts are paid for tasks that meet project specifications and quality requirements. Task availability and completion time may vary.

Company context

Working remotely at micro1

micro1 builds human-expertise data and evaluation infrastructure for AI models and agents. It recruits core-team employees and domain experts for AI training projects.

Headquarters
San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Founded
2022
Remote policy

Expert opportunities are remote and can be flexible. International applicants are considered, subject to country exclusions and each project's requirements. Core-team work arrangements vary by opening; check the individual posting.

Application process

Apply through the official posting. Expert applicants complete an AI interview and skills certification, followed by project selection and onboarding. Certification does not guarantee a project or immediate work.

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