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AI training jobs for data scientists and ML engineers

Some projects need people who know how models are built as well as what they should say. These roles pay data scientists and machine learning engineers to build evaluation tasks, review ML code and analysis, and judge model answers to data questions.

What is an AI trainer, and what does the work involve?

Open roles
20
Median hourly rate
$90
Middle half of rates
$90–$150
Open worldwide
45%

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Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced Large Language Models.

$90–$140/hr

AI & data
Remote · United States
20 h/week

The hiring partner is looking for Machine Learning Engineers with prior professional AI-training or model-evaluation experience to support a project focused on improving advanced AI systems.

$60–$120/hr

AI & data
Remote · Worldwide
15 h/week

The hiring partner is engaging Data Science Specialists to contribute to a customer's project focused on elevating the quality and impact of business presentations and analytical reporting.

$150–$350/hr

AI & data
Remote · 3 countries

Eligibility: This role supports a U.S. Navy project. Under the terms of that federal contract, it requires U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Common Access Card (CAC). Applicants who don’t…

$35–$80/hr

AI & data
On-site · United States

The hiring partner is working with a leading AI research lab on a project to improve how AI systems do real-world data science and data engineering work.

$120–$180/hr

AI & data
Remote · Worldwide
40 h/week

We are looking for highly skilled Machine Learning Experts to contribute to an AI training project involving model development, training and inference systems, numerical computing, performance optimization, and Python.

$60–$120/hr

AI & data
Remote · Worldwide
15 h/week

The hiring partner is engaging Data Science & Analytic Methodology SMEs to contribute expertise to a customer's high-impact project focused on advanced analytic pipelines and large language models (LLMs).

$60–$100/hr

AI & data
Remote · Location not specified
English

The hiring partner is engaging specialists with experience in the PhysioNet Challenge or comparable biomedical signal processing and machine learning competitions.

$60–$120/hr

Engineering
Remote · Worldwide
15 h/week

We are looking for highly skilled Machine Learning Experts to contribute to an AI training project involving model development, training and inference systems, numerical computing, performance optimization, and Python.

$60–$120/hr

AI & data
Remote · Worldwide
15 h/week
Senior level

We're looking for data scientists, machine learning practitioners, and applied mathematics experts with competitive Data Science experience. (Kaggle, DrivenData, etc.)

$60–$120/hr

AI & data
Remote · Worldwide
15 h/week

Join our team to build and improve a next-generation AI recruiting agent. You'll develop new capabilities, experiment with the latest LLMs and agent frameworks, and ship production-ready AI…

$160–$300/hr

AI & data
Not specified · Location not specified

The hiring partner is engaging Data Science Specialists to contribute to a customer's project focused on elevating the quality and impact of business presentations and analytical reporting.

$150–$350/hr

AI & data
Remote · 3 countries

The research teams behind the best-known AI models come to the hiring partner for machine learning judgment they can't generate on their own.

$70–$120/hr

AI & data
Remote · Location not specified
40 h/week

The hiring partner is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems.

Rate on request

AI & data
Remote · Location not specified
English fluent

Based in San Francisco, California, the hiring partner is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems.

Rate on request

AI & data
Remote · Location not specified

Based in San Francisco, California, the hiring partner is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems.

Rate on request

AI & data
Remote · 10 countries
+4
English
20 h/week

The hiring partner is building a network of experienced data scientists for potential future projects with leading AI research organizations.

$100–$150/hr

AI & data
Remote · Worldwide
40 h/week

Join our Machine Learning Engineer Expert Network to connect with leading AI labs and companies seeking your expertise.

$70–$250/hr

Software
Remote · Worldwide
Expert level

Evaluate the quality, correctness, and methodological rigor of applied machine-learning tasks used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models.

$70–$90/hr

AI & data
Remote · United States
40 h/week

Questions

How much do AI training jobs for data scientists and ML engineers pay?

Of the 20 roles on this page open now, 17 publish an hourly rate. The median is $90 an hour, half of them pay between $90 and $150, and the highest pays $250. Every role shows its terms before you apply, and applying is free.

Can I do this work from anywhere?

9 of 20 are open worldwide. 6 name the countries they accept, most often United States, United Kingdom and Canada. 5 do not say, so check the role's own terms before applying. With a profile, Tier1 checks each role's countries and languages against yours.

Do I need experience with AI?

No. These roles hire data scientists and ML engineers for what they already know. Where a role needs a particular degree, licence, tool or language, its page says so.

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