Backend Engineer

AfterQuery is looking for experts with experience in software engineering, computer science, or app/web development to help train and evaluate AI models. This is a remote, project-based role: qualify once through a single assessment and receive ongoing project matches spanning code review, evaluation, and original task creation. Pay ranges from $50 to $100/hour depending on the projects you qualify into.

Why Apply

• Competitive Pay: $50–$100/hour across the project pool
• One Assessment, Ongoing Matches: qualify once, get matched to projects continuously
• Flexible Engagement: fully remote and asynchronous, on your own schedule

Responsibilities

• Complete software engineering tasks across a range of AI training and evaluation projects
• Review and evaluate code and model outputs for correctness and quality
• Deliver clear, well-documented work independently

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of real-world software engineering experience (full-time or substantive internships count)
• Strong fundamentals in at least one major programming language
• Reliable, detail-oriented, and able to work independently

Company Description AfterQuery is a research lab investigating the boundaries of artificial intelligence through novel datasets and experimentation. We're backed by top investors, including Y Combinator and Box Group, and support all leading AI labs.