DevOps Engineer (AI Training)
DataAnnotation$40–$150+/hrRemote in 6 countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, United States
The middle of its range, $95/hr, is above the $60/hr median of the Coding & Software Evaluation roles open now, whose typical pay runs $35–$125/hr. How that pay moves week by week is in our research on Coding & Software Evaluation work.
Half of all Coding & Software Evaluation roles come down within 26.3 days of being listed, and 47.9% are still up after four weeks. This one was posted 20 days ago.
About the role
Overview
A model will hand you a pipeline and an infrastructure change that apply cleanly and quietly leave a security group open to the world, a state file that will corrupt on the next run, and a rollback path that does not exist. In production those mistakes page someone at 3am. Reasoning about the whole system is the job.
As a DevOps Engineer you'll evaluate how models handle CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud operations, expose where their automation breaks, and write the answers a strong platform engineer would trust.
What you’ll actually do
- Probe infrastructure reasoning across CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, containers, and cloud config, and see where the model's automation falls apart.
- Find the failures that matter : insecure defaults, broken state, missing rollbacks, and changes that pass CI and break prod.
- Write the correct approach when the model falls short, with failure modes and recovery made explicit.
Roles this fits
Common backgrounds: DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer.
What we look for
- Hands-on experience running CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, or cloud operations.
- Comfort with a major cloud and tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, or Docker.
- Clear written English: your explanations are the training signal.
- No degree required. We care about what you can do, not where you learned it.
Compensation
Up to $150+/hr depending on task difficulty and specialization. Many contributors add $100k–$200k a year; some make it their full-time income.
About DataAnnotation
DataAnnotation is where 1M+ experts train the world’s leading AI models. Hundreds of millions paid to contributors to date, and the average contributor stays 5+ years. Flexible, remote, and always project-available.
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Hourly rate up to $150+ / hour
Commitment Flexible hours
Type Independent contractor
Payouts Weekly
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Where you can work
This role is 100% remote, for applicants located in these 6 countries: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and United States.
From DataAnnotation's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026.
About DataAnnotation
Reliable-paying generalist and expert work for educated writers.
How it pays: PayPal; deposits arrive within a few days of a payout request (its FAQ), and its job pages list payouts as weekly (read 2 Nov 2026).
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