AI training jobs for engineers: 45 open roles

Will AI replace engineers? Nobody can tell you that from a job list, and this page does not try. What the list shows: today 45 open roles on 7 platforms pay engineers to write, check and grade the work AI models attempt in their field.

Updated 26 Oct

45open roles for engineers

$69/hrmedian listed rate, 39 of 45 list one

7platforms hire for it

Open roles for engineers that list a rate

$30 to $60/hr Electrical Engineering Expert STEMRemote, 15 countriesContract Anyone AI $30 to $60/hr Civil Engineering Expert STEMRemote, 15 countriesContract Anyone AI $70 to $80/hr Mechanical Engineering Expert STEMUnited StatesContract Weekday

These are the newest roles that list an hourly rate. All of them below.

SME Careers has 9 open roles for engineers today

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Who hires engineers to train AI

Open roles for engineers by platform
Platform	Roles	Median listed
Mercor	9	$75
SME Careers	9	$100
micro1	8	$63
Anyone AI	5	$40
Meridial	5	n/a
Mindrift	5	$69
Weekday	4	n/a

Medians from each posting's own listed hourly rate, shown with 5 or more rates. The AI Training Pay Index has the same figures by platform and field.

Medians leave out 649 Meridial roles that list $8 to $65 or $6 to $65: a range the platform puts on most of its roles, not the pay of each one.

Mercor has the most roles for engineers, 9 of 45. 7 platforms hire for them in all.

What the open roles for engineers ask for

The titles that come back most are Electrical engineering expert (4), Mechanical engineering expert (4) and Mechanical engineer (3). The rest have titles of their own, 32 different titles in all. By type of engagement: 35 contract, 8 part time and 2 full time.

2 of the 45 roles are open from anywhere. Where countries are named, the most common are United States (29), Brazil (19), India (16) and Philippines (16).

By field, the roles sit mostly in STEM (45).

What the roles list per hour

39 of the 45 roles list an hourly rate in US dollars. The median is $69 an hour, and the middle half runs from $55 to $96.

For every open AI training role the median is $50, so this group sits above it.

1 list a rate per task. Listed pay is what each platform shows on the role: it is not guaranteed pay, and a role is not an acceptance.

What the studies say

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects, for the closest occupation it counts, change in employment from 2025 to 2035: Engineers up 8.5% (Employment Projections, Table 1.2, published 27 August 2026). That is a different list from the roles above, which ask for engineers to help train AI models. The BLS warns that its numbers do not capture the uncertainty of predicting the future. The table is BLS Table 1.2. For the wider picture, see Will AI replace your job?, with the studies behind the video.

Questions people ask

Will AI replace engineers?

Nobody can promise that a job is safe, and a job list cannot answer it. It does show that 45 open AI training roles ask for engineers today. The BLS projects engineers up 8.5% in employment from 2025 to 2035, for the closest occupations it counts.

How much do AI training roles for engineers pay?

39 of the 45 open roles list an hourly rate in US dollars, with a median of $69 an hour and a middle half from $55 to $96. These are listed rates, not guaranteed pay, and a role is not an acceptance.

Which platforms hire engineers to train AI?

7 platforms have open roles for engineers today: Mercor (9), SME Careers (9), micro1 (8), Anyone AI (5) and Meridial (5), among others.

What do the open roles for engineers look like?

The titles that come back most are Electrical engineering expert (4), Mechanical engineering expert (4) and Mechanical engineer (3). The rest have titles of their own, 32 different titles in all. 2 of the 45 roles are open from anywhere. Where countries are named, the most common are United States (29), Brazil (19), India (16) and Philippines (16).