Software Engineer - Project Creation

$60–$100/hr USDAlignerrJob location: Berlin, GermanyRemoteLocation requirements not specified

At a glance

You continue your own GitHub project in your terminal using an AI coding assistant, occasionally choosing the best of its responses. You must have hands-on software engineering experience and a substantial project of your own, not a tutorial or template.

Summary written by AI from the original listing.

  • Top of the range ($100/hr USD) is well above the typical $63/hr USD for similar roles on Alignerr See how this pay compares ↓
  • Posted Nov 7, 2026

About the role

Software Engineer: Build Your Own Project with AI

Bring a real coding project you care about and keep developing it with an AI coding assistant. We cover the token costs, and the project and all code remain entirely yours.

What You'll Do

  • Share a GitHub repository for a project you own and are actively working on
  • Continue building it in your own development environment using an AI coding assistant in your terminal
  • While you code, you'll occasionally be asked to choose the best of the responses the AI gives you
  • We keep those preference answers; you keep everything you build

What We're Looking For

  • Hands-on software engineering experience in any language or stack
  • A substantial project of your own on GitHub — not a tutorial, template, or to-do app
  • Comfort working in the terminal and with Git
  • Clear judgment about code quality, correctness, and sound engineering trade-offs

Why Join Us

  • Work on a real project that matters to you — no synthetic busy-work
  • Contribute to cutting-edge AI development alongside leading research labs
  • Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you
  • Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based work
  • Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch
Applicant countries
Location requirements not specified

The source does not specify which countries applicants may live or work in. Check the original listing. Remote work and the advertised job location do not establish applicant eligibility.

Work arrangement
Remote
Advertised job location
Berlin, Germany
Originally posted
2026-11-07
Last checked

How this pay compares

Software engineering: typical hourly pay on each platform, November 2026.

This role $60–$100/hr USDTypical on Alignerr $63/hr USDTypical across platforms $63/hr USD

  • AlignerrThis platform$63/hr USD132 rolesMiddle half of roles: $60–$75/hr USD
  • micro1$80/hr USD40 rolesMiddle half of roles: $65–$91/hr USD
  • Mercor$85/hr USD37 rolesMiddle half of roles: $65–$110/hr USD
  • Meridial$37/hr USD48 rolesMiddle half of roles: $36–$37/hr USD
  • SME Careers$60/hr USD52 rolesMiddle half of roles: $24–$70/hr USD
  • Handshake AI$78/hr USD12 rolesMiddle half of roles: $73–$121/hr USD
  • Alpheva$205/hr USD7 rolesMiddle half of roles: $189–$225/hr USD
  • Anyone AI$63/hr USD78 rolesMiddle half of roles: $63–$63/hr USD

Based on 407 hourly-paid roles listed in November 2026. Per-task and project rates are not included. Each platform sets its own pay.

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