Senior AI Trainer
micro1 is hiring a Senior AI Trainer for a remote role. It pays $14-$36/hr and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- The posting lists this role as remote.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include prompt engineering, AI content and AI data labeling.
- Level files it as a senior role.
- Level lists 119 other open roles at micro1.
AI in this role
Role Title: Senior AI Trainer
Role Type: Contractor, Remote
Location: Northern America and Germany.
micro1 is engaging Senior AI Trainers to collaborate on a customer-driven project enhancing AI system quality through expert-level model training and evaluation. In this role, you'll apply your generalist expertise and hands-on experience with AI products to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input.
Key Responsibilities:
- Evaluate the performance of AI chat and search tools under standardized, repeatable conditions.
- Apply detailed grading guidelines to accurately evaluate, rank, and annotate model responses, providing structured feedback that improves model performance.
- Write, refine, and stress-test prompts that probe model capabilities, ensuring coverage of diverse scenarios, edge cases, and user intents.
- Verify consistency and accuracy across evaluations, correcting discrepancies between ratings and the underlying rubric or guidelines.
- Utilize AI training tools and platforms to record findings and submit evaluation datasets in alignment with project standards and milestones.
- Collaborate with project trainers and contributors to resolve ambiguities, refine guidelines, and ensure evaluation consistency across the team.
- Participate in ongoing quality reviews, incorporating feedback to maintain rigorous training and annotation standards.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in reviewing and evaluating AI-generated content.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for effective collaboration, reporting, and timely updates on progress and challenges.
- Demonstrated time management and self-organization abilities for independent, remote project participation.
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset, with a proactive approach to resolving evaluation challenges.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proven experience with AI model training, RLHF, data labeling, or similar data-centric evaluation projects.
- Familiarity with AI products and tools, including prompt engineering and understanding of model behaviors and limitations.
- Experience writing evaluation rubrics, grading model outputs, or reviewing AI responses for accuracy, helpfulness, and safety.
- Background in AI training, machine learning data preparation, or LLM-focused projects (strongly preferred).
How we rate this
Senior AI Trainer at micro1 rates 66 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Questions you could be asked
- How do you structure and test a prompt to get consistent output from a language model?
- How do you check AI-generated content before it ships?
- How do you keep labeling instructions consistent across a large annotation team?
- Describe a typical day in a role like this one: which parts run through AI directly?
- If you removed AI from this role, what would be left, and how do you decide what still needs a human?
Adapt your resume
- List these exact terms on your resume: Prompt engineering, AI Content, and AI Data Labeling. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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