SWE Bench Engineer (Rust)
You will support AI coding evaluation by working with public GitHub repositories and real software projects. The work focuses on finding meaningful bug-fixing challenges and assessing how language models handle them.
- Field
- Software & coding
- Where
- Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia +17 more
- Commitment
- part time
- Hours
- up to 20/week
- Posted
- today
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How this pay compares
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).
OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one today.
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.
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 |
| Alignerr | 73 | $70/hr | DevOps / IaC Engineer$90-120/hr |
| OpenTrain AIthis role | 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.
All 251 open software & coding roles →The full listing
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The work
You will support AI coding evaluation by working with public GitHub repositories and real software projects. The work focuses on finding meaningful bug-fixing challenges and assessing how language models handle them.
- Analyze and triage issues across open-source Rust libraries.
- Set up repositories and development environments, including Docker-based configurations.
- Review unit-test coverage and assess whether tests are useful and reliable.
- Modify and run codebases locally to evaluate model performance on bug-fixing tasks.
- Work with researchers to identify repositories and issues that create meaningful coding challenges.
What it pays and takes
This is a fully remote contractor assignment for professionals located in LATAM. The contract is expected to last approximately two to three weeks.
- $25 per approved task.
- At least 20 hours per week.
- Four hours of schedule overlap with PST.
- Open to candidates located in LATAM.
- Fluent in English.
- At least three years of software engineering experience.
- Strong Rust programming skills.
- Practical experience with Git, Docker, and basic software pipeline setup.
- Ability to navigate complex codebases and run, modify, and test real-world projects locally.
- Experience contributing to or evaluating open-source projects is helpful.
- Experience with LLM research or evaluation, developer tools, or automation agents is a plus.
How it works
Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.
About AI training work
AI training is the human work behind systems that learn from examples, including code evaluation and model feedback. Software engineers help assess real code and tests so these systems can improve at solving practical programming problems.
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- 2
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- 3
Funded milestones
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- 4
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Full OpenTrain AI profile: watch-outs and the public record →Pay history
OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $25 per task since Nov 11, 2026 with no change.
Across OpenTrain AI's software & coding roles, the median listed pay was $65/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (72 roles) and is $65/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (107 roles).
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