Meridial · Software & coding
Software Developers & Programming Specialist
Listed on Meridial as “Software Developers & Programming Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project”
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This listing
$6–$65 per hour
Typical in Software & coding
$45–$80 per hour
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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 (Software Developers & Programming Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project) reflects the rate band and the expertise required, not the day-to-day work.
Original posting from Meridial
Work location: Remote, listed for United States of America
Pay: $6 to $65 an hour, as the posting states it. Meridial sets the rate after reviewing your experience and location.
Are you a software developer and programming specialist eager to shape the future of AI? Large‑scale language models are evolving from clever chatbots into powerful engines of software innovation. With high‑quality training data, tomorrow’s AI can democratize world‑class coding education, keep pace with cutting‑edge development practices, and streamline programming workflows for developers everywhere. That training data begins with you-we need your expertise to help power the next generation of AI.
We’re looking for software developers and programming specialists who live and breathe software engineering, algorithms, data structures, debugging, software architecture, version control, testing frameworks, and code optimization. You’ll challenge advanced language models on topics like object-oriented programming, functional programming paradigms, API design, concurrency, cloud-native development, and DevOps practices-documenting every failure mode so we can harden model reasoning.
On a typical day, you will converse with the model on coding scenarios and theoretical programming questions, verify code correctness and logical soundness, capture reproducible error traces, and suggest improvements to our prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field is ideal; peer‑reviewed publications, software development projects, or contributions to open source signal fit. Clear, metacognitive communication-“showing your work”-is essential.
Ready to turn your software development expertise into the knowledge base for tomorrow’s AI? Apply today and start teaching the model that will teach the world.
We offer a pay range of $6-to- $65 per hour, with the exact rate determined after evaluating your experience, expertise, and geographic location. Final offer amounts may vary from the pay range listed above. As a contractor you’ll supply a secure computer and high‑speed internet; company‑sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.
Employment type: Contract
Workplace type: Remote
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior Level
Quoted from Meridial'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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