Software engineering & security AI training jobs
397 live roles — review AI-written code, evaluate agents, and red-team security reasoning. Up to $400/hr.
Average top rate across the 275 hourly listings: $108/hr. Highest: $400/hr.
Who this is for
AI labs need engineers who can spot a subtle bug — or a real vulnerability — in AI-generated output: people who can review production code, break an app, or reason through an incident. Much of it is async and queue-based; check each listing, since some roles are full-time.
Pay by sub-vertical
| Sub-vertical | Live roles | Top rate |
|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity & Risk | 44 | $250/hr |
| Software Engineering | 138 | $200/hr |
| Machine Learning & AI | 21 | $400/hr |
| DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure | 13 | $300/hr |
| Code Review & Evaluation | 6 | $120/hr |
| Other Engineering & Technical | 175 | $300/hr |
Pay as stated in the source listings. Listings last checked .
Cybersecurity & Risk
Security operations, vulnerability management, IAM, threat intel, incident response, and offensive security. 44 live.
CVE Vulnerability Expert
Verify CVE reproductions, security fixes, and test logic
Evaluate Advanced Exploit Reasoning and Vulnerability Analysis
Evaluate AI threat analysis and surveillance boundaries
Evaluate national security analysis with experienced intelligence judgment
Define responsible nuclear and radiological AI evaluation standards
Software Engineering
Write reference solutions and review AI-generated code for correctness across languages and stacks. 138 live.
Turn open source maintenance judgment into stronger AI code
Review and build Software Engineer tasks with clear feedback
Audit complete AI assisted coding sessions for correctness
Build high-traffic backend services in Node.js, TypeScript, and Rust
Solar2D Game Developer
Build Solar2D games and explain the development process
Machine Learning & AI
ML/AI engineering and data-science judgment on model behavior, training, and evaluation. 21 live.
Build difficult AI tests for kernels, profiling and LLM serving
ML Challenge Task Auditor
Audit applied ML experiments for rigor and reproducibility
Register for future machine learning engineering projects
Turn competition data science into verifiable AI challenges
Imagery Analyst —AI/ML Training Data
Refine drone and maritime imagery for AI model training
DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Infrastructure, cloud, and platform-engineering evaluation — IaC, pipelines, and reliability. 13 live.
Test AI reasoning about Kubernetes, AWS and infrastructure code
Define systems engineering challenges that test AI reasoning
Own Kubernetes and AWS reliability in production systems
Register for future DevOps and infrastructure AI contracts
Turn production network incidents into data for autonomous systems
Code Review & Evaluation
Grade multi-step agent runs and review AI code for bugs, style, and correctness. 6 live.
QA & Source Inspection
Turn complex inspection decisions into rigorous AI training data
Test code-generation models through hands-on research engineering
Turn completed pull requests into rigorous AI coding evaluations
Turn permit review judgment into rigorous evaluation tasks
Create fire and life safety tasks from practical plan review
Other Engineering & Technical
Broader engineering, technical, and data roles. 175 live.
Evaluate AI electrical designs with practical engineering judgment
Evaluate AI against real materials research and engineering
Make AI mathematics precise with Lean 4 proofs and formal statements
Challenge AI with production engineering judgment
Check NKI kernel migrations for Trainium correctness and performance
Frequently asked questions
What are coding & security AI training jobs?
Remote, freelance roles where engineers and security pros teach and evaluate AI models — reviewing AI-written code for bugs, grading agent runs that read/edit/run code, and red-teaming security reasoning. SignalGigs lists 397 of them, across software, cybersecurity, ML, and infrastructure.
How much do coding / security AI training jobs pay?
The 275 hourly listings on this page state top rates averaging $108/hr; the highest is $400/hr. The pay-by-sub-vertical table on this page gives the top rate for each specialty.
Is cybersecurity really in demand for AI training?
44 of the 397 roles on this page are security roles: security operations, vulnerability management, IAM, threat intelligence, incident response, and offensive security. Labs need people who can tell a real vulnerability from a plausible-looking one.
Do I need to pass a test?
The high-pay queues gate behind a real coding or security screen — usually 60–90 minutes with edge cases.
Where do the listings come from, and can I do it part-time?
The listings are collected from the hiring platforms’ own job boards, and you apply on the platform’s own site. Much of the work is async and queue-based; check each listing, since some roles are full-time.
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397 live roles. Apply on the platform’s own site.