Braintrust · Software & coding
Senior AI Engineer - Applied AI / ML (Potential Contract to Hire)
Listed on Braintrust as “Senior AI Engineer - Applied AI / ML (Potential Contract to Hire)”
How this rate compares
This listing
$25–$35 per hour
Typical in Software & coding
$45–$80 per hour
Below the typical range
Typical: the middle of the lowest and highest rates posted by 145 listings in this category on MantaWork, in US dollars.
What this actually is
You review AI-generated code, rank model outputs against each other, write prompts that test edge cases, and provide expert feedback that gets used to train coding models. Not shipping production software. The platform title (Senior AI Engineer - Applied AI / ML (Potential Contract to Hire)) reflects the rate band and the expertise required, not the day-to-day work.
Original posting from Braintrust
Work location: Pune, IN
Employer: SureHost, listed through Braintrust.
Pay: $25 to $35 an hour, as the Braintrust listing states it.
Quoted from Braintrust's public listing on 2026-11-15. We don't edit platform copy; honest framing is in the title and the “what this actually is” block above.
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