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Posted 5 hours ago
ML Research Resident
Elicit is building a research agent that can use an unlimited amount of test-time compute while keeping its reasoning transparent and verifiable.The r...
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Site Reliability Engineer (Contract, Rotation-Based)
About Invisible Invisible Technologies makes AI work. Our end-to-end AI platform structures messy data, automates digital workflows, deploys agentic s...
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AI Science Writer, Nebius Academy (Contract)
About Nebius: Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that suppo...
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Posted 2 days ago
Data Annotation Specialist, Generalist
Who are we?Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are de...
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AI Red Teamer, CBRNE (Remote)
About HandshakeHandshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or wh...
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AI Red Teamer, Cybersecurity (Remote)
Cybersecurity Red TeamerLocation: Seattle, WA, or Remote within the United StatesWork arrangement: Flexible, including part-time availabilityHandshake...
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Posted 1 month ago
Data Annotation Specialist, Data Science
Who are we?Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are de...
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Posted 2 months ago
Base Labs Fellowship
ABOUT BASETENBaseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Ga...
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Posted 1 week ago
Senior Data Scientist
Role Title: Data Scientist Role Type: Contractor Location: Remote Scope of Work: -Evaluate AI model outputs on data science, statistics, ML, and qua...
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Career context
Freelance AI work rewards proof and speed
Companies hire freelance AI talent for defined outcomes: an LLM feature shipped, a workflow automated, a model evaluated, a dataset labelled. They choose people who show similar work and can start quickly. A focused profile with two or three concrete projects wins more contracts than a long list of skills.
This page lists freelance, contract and contract-to-hire roles from AI companies. Contract-to-hire is the quickest route to a full-time role: you prove yourself on real work first. RemoteAI is also opening a services marketplace where you can sell fixed-price AI services to companies directly.
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How to find a freelance AI engineer job on RemoteAI
Rates depend on specialty and proof of results: automation and data work starts lower, LLM, agent and ML engineering pay more, and senior specialists with shipped systems charge premium hourly rates. Each listing shows what the company published.
Lead with outcomes
"Cut support tickets 30% with a RAG chatbot" beats "LLM developer". Put two or three results with numbers at the top of your profile.
State availability and rate
Hours per week, time zone overlap and a rate range save a round of messages and signal professionalism.
Propose a small first step
Offer a short paid pilot or audit. Companies hire freelancers faster when the first commitment is small.
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How to stand out as a freelance AI engineer
Not all profiles get responses. These are the signals that separate candidates who get interviews from those who don't.
A portfolio of shipped work
Repos, demos, case studies or before/after metrics from client projects.
Clear scoping
Breaking a request into milestones with prices is what clients remember.
Written communication
Short weekly updates and clear handover notes win repeat work.
Niche depth
Specialists (RAG, voice agents, n8n, evaluation) win against generalists.
Reliability
Meeting deadlines on small contracts is how freelancers get the large ones.
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FAQ
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Everything you need to know before applying for your first freelance AI engineer role.
This page lists freelance, contract and contract-to-hire AI roles from AI companies, updated daily. You can also create a free RemoteAI profile so companies looking for AI freelancers can contact you.
It depends on specialty and track record. Automation and data projects start at modest hourly rates; LLM, agent and machine learning engineers with shipped systems charge much more. Fixed-price projects are common for well-defined work.
A contract that can turn into a full-time role after a trial period. It lets both sides test the fit on real work first.
No. Applying to jobs on RemoteAI is free and the company pays you directly.
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