About this opportunity
AfterQuery lists this Cloud Engineer - AI Trainer opportunity in workfromhome, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Cloud engineers to build the infrastructure and automation scenarios frontier AI labs use to test model judgment.
AfterQuery builds the expert evaluation data that frontier AI labs use to measure and improve their models. We're hiring cloud engineers as contractors to author and grade the infrastructure and automation scenarios those evaluations run on.
What you'll actually do
Author realistic cloud scenarios, from architecture design through incident response
Write reference answers with the architectural reasoning behind each decision
Grade model output for correctness, security, and cost efficiency
Flag configurations that read plausible but would fail or overspend in production
Who this is for
Engineers with at least 2 years of cloud engineering on AWS, Azure, or GCP
Practitioners with hands on infrastructure as code experience such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Engineers with depth in at least one area such as networking, containers, serverless, or cost optimization
Clear writers who can document the reasoning behind an architectural decision
Contract and pay
$85 to $165/hr , paid weekly via Stripe. Your rate is set from your experience, not negotiated down after you start.
Fully remote, fully async. No fixed hours.
Minimum 10 hours per week, no maximum. Scale up or down week to week.
Independent contractor. Ongoing project work rather than single task batches.
How our hiring process works
Resume review. Every application gets read against a published rubric and gets a decision.
Written assessment. You may be asked to take a written assessment for further placement.
Onboarding. Sign the contractor agreement, connect Stripe, and get platform access.
Project match. You're matched to live work in your specialty, usually within a week of onboarding.
About AfterQuery
AfterQuery is an expert data lab. We build the evaluation and training data that frontier AI labs use to measure what their models can and can't do in real professional work. Our contributors are practicing professionals, not annotators, and the work is credited, reviewed, and paid at professional rates.
Why Apply
$85 to $165/hr, paid weekly via Stripe
100% remote and fully async
Shape how frontier models reason about cloud infrastructure
Ongoing project work with hours you set each week
Responsibilities
Author realistic cloud scenarios from architecture design through incident response
Write reference answers with the architectural reasoning behind each decision
Grade model output for correctness, security, and cost efficiency
Flag configurations that read plausible but would fail or overspend in production
Required Qualifications
2+ years of professional cloud engineering experience on AWS, Azure, or GCP
Hands on infrastructure as code experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
Depth in at least one area such as networking, containers, serverless, or cost optimization
Clear written English for documenting architecture and operational reasoning
Able to commit at least 10 hours per week
Preferred Qualifications
Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, or GCP Professional
Kubernetes and container orchestration experience
Multi cloud or large scale migration experience
About AfterQuery
AfterQuery is a research lab investigating the boundaries of artificial intelligence through novel datasets and experimentation. We believe great AI comes from exceptional, human-generated data.
We're backed by top investors, including Y Combinator and Box Group, and support all leading AI labs.
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Worksite address
workfromhome, VA, 22070, US
Who can apply
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