AI Task Engineer - Remote Worldwide | $1k/Task — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This role is a near-perfect fit for digital nomads and location-independent engineers. It is fully remote with no timezone restrictions — work is task-based and entirely async, meaning you set your own hours anywhere in the world. The only commitment is completing at least one task (~10 hours) per week.
Visa considerations: Because this is a contract/freelance arrangement (not traditional employment), it is well-suited to a variety of visa scenarios — including digital nomad visas (e.g., Portugal's D8, Thailand's LTR, Colombia's digital nomad visa), or simply working on a tourist visa in countries that permit freelance remote work for foreign clients. Always verify local tax and visa obligations.
Earning potential vs. cost of living: At $1,000 per task, even 2–3 tasks per month ($2,000–$3,000) goes a long way in popular nomad hubs:
- Medellín, Colombia: Comfortable living for ~$1,200–$1,500/month — 1–2 tasks covers expenses.
- Chiang Mai, Thailand: Budget of ~$800–$1,200/month — a single task can cover a month.
- Lisbon, Portugal: Higher at ~$2,000–$2,500/month — 2–3 tasks sustains a comfortable lifestyle.
There are no travel perks listed, but the fully async, per-task structure means you can work from a coworking space, café, or apartment — as long as you have a secure personal or work computer (shared/public machines are not permitted).
We're looking for experienced software engineers to build AI coding tasks from a codebases they know well. US$1,000 per task, and you can do as many tasks as you want.
You turn a real change from a repository you know into a task that today's best AI coding models struggle with: hard for the models, but fair for a skilled engineer. Your tasks are used to measure and train AI coding models.
Remote, any location. US$1,000 per task that passes review. Minimum of one task a week, about 10 hours a week.
How it works
- Apply. Complete a short screener interview and upload your resume.
- Propose. Once you're selected, pick a change from a repository you know and submit a short proposal. We approve it or suggest a better candidate.
- Build. In our platform, set up the repository as it was before the change, then write the brief, the correct solution and the grading checks.
- Stress-test. Try lazy, incorrect and shortcut solutions and make sure your checks catch them.
- Model testing. Run your task against leading AI models until strong models often fail but a skilled engineer can clearly solve it.
- Review. A reviewer checks your task and you revise it. Most tasks take more than one round.
- Next task. Once your task is accepted, start another.
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional software engineering
- Code merged into a public open-source repository, ideally one you know well. A private codebase you own may also qualify (not employer or client code)
- Strong in at least one of Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java or C++
- Solid with Docker, Linux, Git and automated testing
- Regular use of an AI coding tool
- Experience writing tests, rubrics or evaluation criteria, ideally for AI models
- Able to explain a change clearly and concisely, in your own words
- At least 10 hours a week, starting now
- A secure personal or work computer (no public or shared machines)
Nice to have
- Deep expertise in one area, such as databases, compilers, distributed systems, security or infrastructure
- Experience building agent tasks or RL environments
Terms
- US$1,000 for each task that passes quality review, paid directly to you
- Once your proposal is qualified, you sign Askable's contract and accept its terms
- The work is used for AI training. The change and your solution must be your own, and you must be free to license them to us
- Don't publish the work anywhere: no public pull request or public fork
Apply at https://www.askable.com/experts/roles/senior-software-engineer
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