Alignerr

Software Engineer - Project Creation

Keep developing your own GitHub project using an AI coding assistant in your terminal and get paid for your engineering judgment — token costs on us, ...

Field: Software & coding
Where: Remote
Versions: 16 location variants of this role
Posted: first seen yesterday

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How this pay compares

At $80/hr (the midpoint of $60 to $100), this role pays more than 76% of the 220 open software & coding roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $70.

Among platforms with 10 or more priced software & coding roles, Mercor has the highest median ($88/hr across 18 roles) and OpenTrain AI the lowest ($65/hr across 107).

Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.

What you would earn at this rate

Where in the listed range$80/hrHours a week15 hrs

Per week, before tax

$1,200

Per month, if the work is steady

$5,200

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Tax: Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $1,315 a month for self-employment tax plus federal income tax at the 12% bracket (25%, before state tax). Outside the US, your own country's rules apply.

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Open software & coding roles on each platform

The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.

Platform	Open	Median	Best-paid open role
Mercor	20	$88/hr	Legacy Codebase Migration Expert$200/hr
micro1	25	$75/hr	Strategic Project Lead, Coding/SWE$300k-500k/yr
Alignerrthis role	73	$70/hr	DevOps / IaC Engineer$90-120/hr
OpenTrain AI	123	$65/hr	Software Engineer, AI Code Evaluation$200/hr
Handshake AI	10	up to $90/hr	Senior Software Engineer - AI Data (US)Up to $150/hr

“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.

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The full listing

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Software Engineer: Build Your Own Project with AI

Bring a real coding project you care about and keep developing it with an AI coding assistant. We cover the token costs, and the project and all code remain entirely yours.

What You'll Do

Share a GitHub repository for a project you own and are actively working on
Continue building it in your own development environment using an AI coding assistant in your terminal
While you code, you'll occasionally be asked to choose the best of the responses the AI gives you
We keep those preference answers; you keep everything you build

What We're Looking For

Hands-on software engineering experience in any language or stack
A substantial project of your own on GitHub — not a tutorial, template, or to-do app
Comfort working in the terminal and with Git
Clear judgment about code quality, correctness, and sound engineering trade-offs

Why Join Us

Work on a real project that matters to you — not contrived or disposable tasks
Contribute to cutting-edge AI development alongside leading research labs
Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you
Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based work
Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch

From applying to your first payment on Alignerr

1
Sign up and apply
Sign up on Alignerr and apply to the listing.
2
Verify
Verify your phone and ID through Persona. Some jobs add an AI interview (Zara) or a domain assessment.
3
Contract and onboarding
Sign the contract and onboard on the Labelbox platform.
4
First payment
Labelbox's help center describes a weekly cycle: approved work from Monday to Sunday is paid by the following Friday, through Stripe Connect or PayPal depending on your country.

Sources: Alignerr: how the process works, Labelbox help: Alignerr payment FAQs

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Pay history

Alignerr has listed this role at $60-100/hr since Nov 10, 2026 with no change.

Across Alignerr's software & coding roles, the median listed pay was $63/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (78 roles) and is $70/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (73 roles).

What workers report about Alignerr

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