AI Training
Expert Opportunity - Software / AI / IT & Data Generalist
Status: Open
- Pay
- $80/hr
- Location
- Remote — Fully remote, work on your own schedule
- Employment type
- Contractor
- Start
- ASAP
- Posted
- 2026-08-15
About this opportunity
We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced software, AI, and data professionals who can help train their latest language model on professional document, spreadsheet, and slide deck tasks.
We're looking for software engineering, AI, and data professionals with 4+ years building software, AI/ML systems, or data infrastructure in a professional engineering or data role to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks across core workflows: technical design documents and architecture decision records, data pipeline and ETL documentation, model evaluation and AI system readiness reports, API specification and integration guides, data quality and validation test plans, and developer onboarding guides and system architecture diagrams.
Compensation: $80/hour
Commitment: Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)
Location: Fully remote, work on your own schedule
Start date: ASAP
Qualifications:
- 4+ years as a software engineer, data engineer, or AI/ML practitioner writing technical design documents, data pipeline documentation, or API specifications
- Direct experience evaluating model outputs or system readiness and documenting technical tradeoffs for engineering or cross-functional stakeholders
- Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail
What you'll do
- technical design documents and architecture decision records
- data pipeline and ETL documentation
- model evaluation and AI system readiness reports
- API specification and integration guides
- data quality and validation test plans
- developer onboarding guides and system architecture diagrams
Requirements
- 4+ years as a software engineer, data engineer, or AI/ML practitioner writing technical design documents, data pipeline documentation, or API specifications
- Direct experience evaluating model outputs or system readiness and documenting technical tradeoffs for engineering or cross-functional stakeholders
- Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail
Application process
Apply on the opportunity's public Ethos application form (first name, last name, email and LinkedIn profile) plus an uploaded CV/resume. Ethos reviews each application and approves experts before work is offered, and this opportunity lists a short AI voice screen as a possible next step.
Compensation
Published compensation: $80/hour. Also advertised in the listing headline as: $80/hr, up to $1.6k/week. Workload: Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired). Ethos describes every engagement as independent-contractor Project work, with payment per the agreed cycle, and does not guarantee opportunity availability.