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micro1 places engineers and technical specialists into remote roles. An AI agent runs the interview — your screen and camera are recorded — and a human specialist reviews the session before a decision. No warm intro or internal referral is needed to get a first look.

Mercor matches domain experts to paid, remote contract work on AI training and evaluation projects for AI labs and enterprises. Roles span engineering, finance and accounting, the sciences, and other specialist fields, and are contracted hourly. Mercor publicly reports an average contracted rate of about $120/hour.

Alignerr is Labelbox's expert network for AI alignment work: contributors rate and compare model responses, write reference answers, and evaluate output in their own field. Registration takes a referral code, then a skills assessment decides which projects an account can access.

Contra is a commission-free freelance marketplace: freelancers build a profile and portfolio, and clients discover and hire them directly for design, web development, content, marketing and AI-related work. There's no application to a specific role — you list yourself and pitch to clients who reach out.

Handshake AI (the Fellowship / MOVE program) pays domain experts and generalists $40–$125/hr for remote, part-time work training and evaluating AI models — no prior AI experience required. After applying, fellows verify identity, are matched to a project, complete training, then contribute their expertise and get paid weekly. Open to U.S.-based applicants with valid work authorization (F-1 CPT/OPT eligible, STEM OPT excluded).

Turing places software engineers and technical specialists into remote roles with US companies, including AI training and model-evaluation work. You create a developer profile and are matched to roles rather than applying to each posting separately. How you're assessed is set per role — most commonly a live technical interview — and the posting spells it out.