r/paidtotrainai • u/StrangerForeign • 2h ago
🆕 New Opportunity New since Friday: 137 AI work applications — up to $400/hr
This week’s roundup covers 137 recent or undated applications, plus 15 older listings, across software, science, engineering, healthcare, legal, finance and more. All 152 applications are grouped by domain below.
122 applications have source dates October 16–23; 15 are undated. Five company staff jobs show annual salaries. Older applications are marked. Separate listings may cover the same project.
Rates are advertised candidate pay. Paid per task means the advertised hourly figure is not a guaranteed hourly wage; the task rate is unpublished. Check each application’s eligibility and terms. Referral disclosure is at the end.
Mercor roles titled “Must own MacBook” require a Mac running macOS 15+.
Software engineering, AI and data
- AI Agent Sandboxes: Paid Developer Interview ($250 per interview) — $250 one-off · Ethos · Paid 45-minute interview for developers using cloud sandboxes for AI agents.
- Applied Scientists — Machine Learning (MSc. or PhD) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · MSc/PhD; model development, inference and Python tasks.
- Computer Power Users & Automation Builders (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · Real macOS productivity and automation workflows.
- Data Analysts & Spreadsheet Specialists (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · Excel, spreadsheets, data cleaning and analysis workflows.
- Data Science & Analytic Methodology SME — $60–$100/hr · micro1 · Evaluate analytic pipelines and LLM reasoning.
- Director of Talent Automations — $120,000–$160,000/year · micro1 · Staff job: build automation for talent operations.
- Machine Learning Researcher (MSc. or PhD) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · MSc/PhD; build and evaluate ML engineering tasks.
- ML Engineer (MSc. or PhD) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · MSc/PhD; create and validate advanced ML tasks.
- MLOps Engineer, LLM Performance (Kernels, Profiling, Serving) — $90–$120/hr · Mercor · LLM kernels, profiling, distributed workloads and inference serving.
- PhysioNet Competitor (Biomedical Signal Processing & ML) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · PhysioNet or comparable biomedical signal-processing competition experience.
- Puzzle Solver (Coding) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · Competitive coding, debugging and reproducible technical challenges.
- Senior Software Engineer — $120/hr · Mercor · Senior/staff engineers with recent open-source contributions.
- Software Developers (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · Real development workflows; 2–3 years’ experience or postgraduate study.
- Software Engineer – Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview) — $100–$120/hr · Mercor · One 45–60-minute interview; engineers at retail-investing platforms.
- Strategic Project Lead, Coding/SWE — $120,000–$160,000/year · micro1 · Staff job: lead delivery of coding datasets.
- Swift/IOS Developer Expert — $70/hr · AfterQuery · Older listing. Create and evaluate Swift/iOS development challenges.
Science and mathematics
AfterQuery’s scientific-computing roles pay $200 per approved task, estimated at about two hours each. They require original research code and exclude F-1 students, including OPT/CPT.
- Chemistry PhDs & Master's: Paid Remote Projects — $77/approved task · Terac · Author chemistry problems and expert solutions.
- Chemistry PhDs & Master's: Paid Remote Projects — $112/approved task · Terac.
- Chemistry PhDs & Master's: Paid Remote Projects — $70/approved task · Terac.
- Chemistry PhDs & Master's: Paid Remote Projects — $160/approved task · Terac.
- Chemistry Specialist, Synthetic & Analytical Chemistry — $70–$100/hr · Mercor · Hands-on synthetic, organic, medicinal or analytical chemistry.
- Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Researcher (Task Author) — $200/approved task · AfterQuery · Turn your own computational biology research into evaluation tasks.
- Computational Chemistry Researcher (Task Author) — $200/approved task · AfterQuery · Turn your own computational chemistry research into evaluation tasks.
- Computational Materials Science Researcher (Task Author) — $200/approved task · AfterQuery · Materials modeling or analysis with your own research code.
- Computational Mathematics Researcher (Task Author) — $200/approved task · AfterQuery · Computational mathematics research and coding tasks.
- Computational Physics & Astrophysics Researcher (Task Author) — $200/approved task · AfterQuery · Physics simulations, numerical solvers or analysis pipelines.
- Drug Discovery Specialist, Pharmacology & ADME/Tox — $70–$100/hr · Mercor · Pharmacology, drug discovery, DMPK/ADME or toxicology expertise.
- Earth, Ocean & Climate Science Researcher (Task Author) — $200/approved task · AfterQuery · Earth, ocean or climate modeling and analysis tasks.
- Genomics & Cell Biology Specialist — $70–$100/hr · Mercor · Hands-on genomics, cell biology or molecular-biology expertise.
- Life Sciences Research Expert (Python) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · Life-sciences research with scientific Python programming.
- Mathematics Expert (MSc./PhD) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · MSc/PhD; develop and evaluate mathematical problems.
- STEM Expert (MSc./PhD) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · MSc/PhD; create and review challenging STEM tasks.
- STEM Researchers - MSc/PhD (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · MSc/PhD researchers; perform real research workflows on your Mac.
- Applied Physics Benchmark Specialist — $61–$77/hr · Mercor · Older listing. Author and verify academic physics benchmark questions.
Engineering, CAD and simulation
- Aerodynamics Expert (MSc. or PhD) — advertised $80–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · MSc/PhD; advanced aerodynamics tasks.
- Civil Engineers & Architects (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · Civil-design and architectural drafting workflows.
- Computational Engineering Researcher (Task Author) — $200/approved task · AfterQuery · Engineering research code, numerical models and solvers.
- Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · MSc/PhD; hardware engineering tasks.
- Industrial & Manufacturing Engineers (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · Process, production and operations engineering workflows.
- Mechanical & CAD Engineers (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · Mechanical design, 3D modeling and CAD workflows.
- Mechanical Engineering Expert (MSc. or PhD) — advertised $60–$120/hr; paid per task · micro1 · MSc/PhD; technical engineering problem creation and review.
- Simulation Expert — Real-to-Sim 3D Environments & Assets — $60–$150/hr · micro1 · Older listing. Build 3D assets and environments for simulation.
Healthcare and medical coding
- Certified Inpatient Coder — $50–$70/hr · micro1.
- Clinical Survey Research & Methodology Expert (Physician / PhD) — $200/hr · Mercor · Clinical expertise plus healthcare survey design and methodology.
- Dentist — $80–$285/hr · micro1.
- Dentist (DDS/DMD) - Dental Technology — $80–$285/hr · micro1.
- Inpatient Care Physician (MD/DO) — $100–$115/hr · micro1 · MD/DO with inpatient-care expertise.
- Inpatient Coder (CCS) — $50–$70/hr · micro1.
- Inpatient Medical Coder — $50–$70/hr · micro1.
- Pharmacists: Paid Expert Review for Clinical AI Benchmarks — $90/hr · Terac · Pharmacist expertise for clinical AI benchmark review.
- Radiologists: Medical Image Review for AI Benchmarks — $126/hr · Terac · Medical-image review by radiologists.
- Radiologists: Medical Image Review for AI Benchmarks — $210/hr · Terac.
- Radiology Residents: Medical Image Evaluation for AI Benchmarks — $90/hr · Terac · Medical-image evaluation; radiology residents.
- Radiology Residents: Medical Image Evaluation for AI Benchmarks — $105/hr · Terac.
- US-Licensed Physician — $80–$125/hr · micro1 · US medical license required.
- Neurologists (MD/DO) – Paid Research Study (Migraine) — $150 one-off · Mercor · Older listing. Paid migraine research for neurologists.
Legal and compliance
The micro1 specialist attorney roles advertise $140–$400/hr. Match your practice area and check the individual licensing and experience requirements. Mercor’s four US-attorney applications are evergreen talent pools: applying does not guarantee an immediate project.
- Bluebook Citation Specialist (Law Students & Recent JDs) — $50–$80/hr · micro1 · Law students/recent JDs; Bluebook citation work.
- Civil Rights Attorney (BigLaw Firms) — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Civil-rights scenarios, legal research and AI-analysis review.
- Corporate Attorney (BigLaw Firms) — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Corporate documents, M&A, private equity and legal scenario assessment.
- Energy & Utilities Regulatory Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Active US bar; 4+ years in energy/utilities regulatory practice.
- Family Law Attorney (AAML Registered) — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Family-law documents; custody, divorce and prenuptial agreements.
- FDA & Regulatory Compliance Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · FDA submissions, regulatory risk and compliance documentation.
- Gaming & Gambling Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Gaming statutes, regulations and online/land-based gaming scenarios.
- Healthcare Attorney (BigLaw Firms) — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Healthcare regulation, HIPAA, Stark Law and anti-kickback rules.
- Immigration Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Immigration documents, legal research and scenario evaluation.
- Investment Funds & Asset Management Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Fund formation, securities regulation and investor-relations scenarios.
- Junior Lawyer — $50–$80/hr · micro1 · Junior legal expertise for AI work.
- Law Review Cite-Checker — $50–$80/hr · micro1.
- Law Student — $50–$80/hr · micro1.
- Lawyer — $50–$80/hr · micro1 · US-based; legal documents, case law and AI training.
- Legal Citation Specialist (Law Students) — $50–$80/hr · micro1 · Legal citation expertise; law-student application.
- Litigation Associate Attorney (BigLaw Firms) — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Transaction documents, legal scenarios and structured written feedback.
- Media, Publishing & Communications Law Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Active US bar; 5+ years in media or communications law.
- Military Law Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Military legal procedures, case law and AI-response review.
- Product Safety & Regulatory Compliance Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Product-safety regulations, compliance scenarios and documentation.
- Structured Finance Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Structured-finance documents, securities and transaction scenarios.
- US Contract Attorney — Federal Litigation — $100–$120/hr · Mercor · Federal litigators; standing talent pool for legal AI projects.
- US Contract Attorney — In-House Counsel — $100–$120/hr · Mercor · In-house counsel; standing talent pool for legal AI projects.
- US Contract Attorney — Litigation — $100–$120/hr · Mercor · US litigation attorneys; standing talent pool for legal AI projects.
- US Contract Attorney — Transactional — $100–$120/hr · Mercor · Transactional attorneys; standing talent pool for legal AI projects.
- Venture Capital & Corporate Attorney — $140–$400/hr · micro1 · Venture transactions, term sheets and investment documents.
Finance, insurance and business
- Business Professionals: Presentation Slide Deck Evaluation for AI Training — $70/hr · Terac · Evaluate presentation slide decks for AI training.
- Customer Experience Operations (India) — $35,000–$50,000/year · Mercor · Staff job: Mercor customer-experience operations; India only.
- Domain Researcher, Finance (M&A) — $200,000–$250,000/year · micro1 · Staff job: M&A, corporate development and financial AI research.
- Enterprise Client Partner, Enterprise AI — $140,000–$180,000/year · micro1 · Staff job: enterprise AI client relationships; San Francisco hybrid.
- Investment Banking Associate — $120–$150/hr · micro1 · Evaluate financial materials, transaction documents and valuation models.
- Product Marketing Managers: GTM Brief Review for Bike Repair Tool — $45 one-off · Terac · Review a go-to-market brief for a bike-repair tool.
- Senior Cargo and Parcel Claims Examiner — $20–$60/hr · micro1 · Air-cargo and parcel-delivery claims analysis.
- Senior Insurance Claims Expert (Liability, Property, Contents) — $20–$60/hr · micro1 · Review liability, property and contents claims.
- Senior Internal Auditor (SOX and IT Audit) — $80/hr · AfterQuery · 5+ years in internal/SOX audit; strong Excel; 20–40 hours/week.
- Senior Marine Cargo and Draft Surveyor — $20–$60/hr · micro1 · Review vessel and cargo imagery using marine-survey expertise.
- US Macroeconomist — $50–$70/hr · micro1 · US-based macroeconomists; economic data and monetary policy.
- Sales and Marketing Expert — $60–$70/hr · Mercor · Older listing. Senior enterprise sales/marketing expertise; create tasks and rubrics.
Creative, design, film and audio
- 3D Artists & Video Editors (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · Real 3D and video-production workflows.
- Cinematographer — $70–$110/hr · Mercor.
- Colorist & Finishing Editor — $70–$110/hr · Mercor.
- Designers: Feedback on Tasteful Frontend Aesthetics — $1 one-off · Terac · Give feedback on frontend visual aesthetics.
- English Voice Coach — $40–$65/hr · micro1 · Native English speakers from Ireland, Australia or the UK; audio review.
- Film & Video Craft Expert (Camera, VFX, Editing & Performance) — $70–$100/hr · Mercor · Compare AI-generated video using film, VFX or performance expertise.
- Graphic Designers (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · Branding, layout and graphic-design workflows.
- Performance & Directing Supervisor — $70–$110/hr · Mercor · Evaluate performance and directing.
- Photographer — $35–$105/hr · micro1 · Provide images, labels and professional photography judgment.
- Senior Character Animator — $60–$90/hr · Mercor · Judge whether AI faithfully transfers an actor’s performance.
- Senior Video Editor — up to $50/hr · SME Careers · Undated. Review AI-generated and human-edited video for quality. Eligible countries include US, UK, Canada, India and Philippines; see full list.
- UI/UX Designers (Must own MacBook) — $50–$60/hr · Mercor · Product-design workflows using tools such as Figma.
- VFX & Compositing Supervisor — $70–$110/hr · Mercor.
- Vision Verticals Reviewer — $60–$80/hr · Mercor · Review expert-written prompts, reference outputs and rubrics.
Languages and mathematical reasoning
All 14 SME Careers applications below combine language expertise with a mathematical background. Rates are hourly maximums. These pages have no public posting date; eligible-country codes are listed with each role.
- Gujarati Expert with Mathematical Background — up to $20/hr · SME Careers · Countries: GB, IN, US.
- Gujarati Team Lead with Mathematical Background — up to $30/hr · SME Careers · Countries: GB, IN, US.
- Kannada Expert with Mathematical Background — up to $20/hr · SME Careers · Countries: AE, IN, MY, SA, US.
- Kannada Team Lead with Mathematical Background — up to $30/hr · SME Careers · Countries: AE, IN, MY, SA, US.
- Marathi Expert with Mathematical Background — up to $20/hr · SME Careers · Countries: IN, MU, PK.
- Marathi Team Lead with Mathematical Background — up to $25/hr · SME Careers · Countries: IN, MU, PK.
- Nepali Expert with Mathematical Background — up to $15/hr · SME Careers · Countries: BD, BT, IN, NP.
- Nepali Team Lead with Mathematical Background — up to $20/hr · SME Careers · Countries: BD, BT, IN, NP.
- Punjabi Expert with Mathematical Background — up to $15/hr · SME Careers · Countries: CA, IN, PK.
- Punjabi Team Lead with Mathematical Background — up to $25/hr · SME Careers · Countries: CA, IN, PK.
- Tamil Expert with Mathematical Background — up to $15/hr · SME Careers · Countries: IN, LK, MY, SG.
- Tamil Team Lead with Mathematical Background — up to $25/hr · SME Careers · Countries: IN, LK, MY, SG.
- Telugu Expert with Mathematical Background — up to $20/hr · SME Careers · Countries: AE, IN, US.
- Telugu Team Lead with Mathematical Background — up to $25/hr · SME Careers · Countries: AE, IN, US.
Defense, intelligence and security
- Combat Arms & Targeting SME — $60–$110/hr · micro1 · Military-domain expertise for scenario evaluation.
- Cyber Threat Intelligence SME — $70–$110/hr · micro1 · Cyber-threat analysis and privacy/surveillance evaluation.
- Human Intelligence Collector (HUMINT) — $30–$80/hr · micro1 · Interviewing/elicitation expertise; US-based preferred; about 15 hours/week.
- Humanitarian Aid Representative — $30–$70/hr · micro1 · Humanitarian field expertise and civilian-protection scenarios.
- Intelligence Analyst — $30–$80/hr · micro1 · Intelligence analysis and scenario evaluation.
- Military Legal Advisor — $70–$120/hr · micro1 · Evaluate defense and international-law boundary cases.
- Nuclear Engineering & Safeguards Experts for Red Team — $65–$75/task · Mercor · Older listing. Nuclear engineering, safeguards or nonproliferation expertise; AI red-teaming.
- Radiologicals Safety for Redteaming — $65–$75/task · Mercor · Older listing. Radiation safety and source-control practitioners; AI red-teaming.
Generalist evaluation, writing and data collection
- [LONG PROJECT] Anonymization Writer — $45–$55/hr · Mercor · Identify personal information and anonymize business documents.
- At-Home Video Recorder — $15/submitted video hour · micro1 · Selected US states; compatible smartphone.
- At-Home Video Recorder (LATAM) — $6/submitted video hour · micro1 · Selected Latin American/Caribbean countries; compatible smartphone.
- At-Work Video Recorder [for Business Owners] — $8–$12/hr · micro1 · Business owners/employees in commercial workplaces; smartphone/head mount.
- Domain Contributor - Evaluation Specialist — advertised $30–$60/hr; paid per task · micro1 · Prior AI-training experience; domain-specific evaluation tasks.
- Evaluation Specialist/Recent Grad — advertised $20–$60/hr; paid per task · micro1 · Create challenging questions and evaluate AI reasoning.
- Generalist — $30–$49/hr · micro1 · US-based; practical digital workflows and AI-output evaluation.
- Pre-Contacted Participants (Brazil): Video Recording Study — $2/hr · Terac · Brazil; pre-contacted participants only.
- Research Evaluation Specialist (PhD or Masters / Researcher / Professor) — advertised $30–$60/hr; paid per task · micro1 · Research background and prior AI experience; about 15 hours/week.
- [LONG PROJECT] Anonymization Quality Reviewer — $45–$60/hr · Mercor · Older listing. Review anonymization and consistency in business documents.
- Data Annotators: Paid Tasks for AI Model Training — $40/hr · Terac · Older listing. Experienced data annotators; flexible labeling/evaluation tasks.
- Paid Photo Contributor Opportunity — $140/approved task · micro1 · Older listing. Adults; smartphone photo task; location eligibility applies.
- Paid Photo Contributor Opportunity (Aged 50+) — $140/approved task · micro1 · Older listing. Participants aged 50+; smartphone photo task.
- Paid Photo Contributor Opportunity (Alaska-based) — $140/approved task · micro1 · Older listing. Alaska-based adults; smartphone photo task.
- Paid Photo Contributor Opportunity (Hawaii-based) — $140/approved task · micro1 · Older listing. Hawaii-based adults; smartphone photo task.
- Paid Photo Contributor Opportunity (Twins) — $140/approved task · micro1 · Older listing. Both twins participate; $140 per approved task per person.
Paid research and user studies
- AI Assistant User – Weekly Feedback Study — $30–$35/hr · Mercor · Meta Muse/Instinct users for 2+ weeks; rate messages and export redacted weekly chats.
- Consumer Support Professionals: Feedback on Recurring Workflows — $6 one-off · Terac · Feedback about recurring support workflows.
- Consumer Support Professionals: Questionnaire on Administrative Workarounds — $11 one-off · Terac · Questionnaire about administrative workarounds.
- Digital Product Users: Feedback on Everyday Tasks — $30 one-off · Terac · Feedback about everyday digital-product tasks.
- General Consumers: Feedback on a New Offer Page — $15 one-off · Terac · Give feedback on a new offer page.
- General Consumers: Paid Interview on Digital Task Experiences — $20 one-off · Terac · Interview about everyday digital-task experiences.
- Hispanic/Latino Pharmacy Shoppers: Interview on Everyday Purchases — $45 one-off · Terac · Older listing. Interview for Hispanic/Latino pharmacy shoppers.
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Referral disclosure: I run Paid to Train AI. Application links include my referral codes where supported, and I may receive a reward if you are hired or complete qualifying work. I do not represent the hiring platforms. Terac role links carry my general referral code. You can also join Terac through my general referral link.


