SME Careers

264 active listings

SME Careers focuses on subject-matter-expert contractor placement across professional verticals — typically domain experts evaluating or producing model training data in their field. Best fit for credentialed professionals looking for SME-tier AI training work.

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Open listings
264
refreshed daily
Median top rate
$50/hr
from 263 priced listings
Open worldwide
0%
state no country restriction
Newest listing
October 28
date added

How to join SME Careers

After you apply
SME Careers places credentialed professionals, so expect your credentials and domain expertise to be reviewed.

Applied through us? Track where you are and what comes next on your dashboard.

Active SME Careers listings

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What SME Careers pays

263 of SME Careers’s open listings publish an hourly rate. Their median top-of-range rate is $50/hr against $65/hr across every platform we track. These are the rates listings advertise, not what anyone has earned; SME Careers sets individual pay after you apply. See how every platform compares →

Median top rate
$50/hr
Middle half of listings
$25–$70/hr
Highest advertised
$150/hr
Lowest advertised
$3/hr

Is SME Careers legit?

Researched October 14, 2026 · 5 sources

Real, but work comes in waves

Mostly. SME Careers is SuperAnnotate's expert-hiring program, but independent evidence is thin, and the reviews we found report low project rates and uneven task volume.

Who is behind it

SME Careers (sme.careers) is operated by SuperAnnotate, an AI data company. A third-party review says contracts are issued by SME Solutions, Inc. and a domain-lookup page lists that entity as the operator, with SuperAnnotate only as a claimed parent. SuperAnnotate announced a $36 million Series B in November 2024; most outlets name Socium Ventures as lead with NVIDIA and Databricks Ventures participating, though one database lists NVIDIA as lead.

Getting paid

One July 2026 review by a contractor says pay runs weekly through Deel, for tracked time from Monday to Sunday and paid the following Friday after review. Rates are set per project: the same review reports $15/hour on its own project against advertised ceilings of $60 to $100/hour. We could not read SME Careers' own terms to confirm this.

Worker ratings

  • Trustpilot: 3.2 / 5

    One review in total, and it is a one-star rating, so the 3.2 score does not reconcile with the data on the page. The reviewer says an AI interview was followed by no response. The company has not invited reviews and has not replied. Too small a sample to mean anything.

Checked October 14, 2026. Review sites change daily; follow the link for the current figure.

What people praise

  • A contractor writing in July 2026 reports being paid reliably each week through Deel and disputes that the platform does not pay.
  • Roles span software engineering, writing, legal, finance, healthcare and education, so credentialed professionals have somewhere to apply.

What people complain about

  • Reviewers report low odds of being selected after applying, qualified contractors waiting with empty task queues, and slow or generic responses.
  • The single Trustpilot reviewer says they were ghosted after a video interview and objects to recorded interviews being used to train models.

Who it suits

Best for: Credentialed professionals who want project-based expert evaluation work and can accept that work arrives in waves.

Not for: Anyone who needs steady weekly hours, or who expects the top advertised rate on every project.

Sources for this review

Worker complaints are what reviewers report, not findings by us. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

Pay by kind of work

SME Careers’s open listings grouped by the AI-training work they involve. Pay is the median top-of-range rate, shown when at least five listings of that kind state one.

Kind of workOpen rolesMedian top rateHighest
Rating AI answers227$55/hr$150/hr
Software demos29$20/hr$30/hr
Data annotation3——
Voice recording2——
Writing training content1——

Highest-paying SME Careers roles right now

What SME Careers hires for

Every listing is classified by the background it asks for. This is how SME Careers’s 264 open roles break down, with the median top rate wherever at least five listings publish one. Each category links to the matching roles across all platforms.

CategoryListingsMedian top rate
Languages & translation108$30/hr
Software engineering51$65/hr
Science & research21$75/hr
Engineering13$100/hr
Medicine & healthcare13$90/hr
Design & creative10$20/hr
Law8$113/hr
Data science7$55/hr
Finance & accounting7$85/hr
Business & consulting5$65/hr
Writing & editing5$55/hr
Miscellaneous4—
Humanities3—
Customer support & admin2—
Education2—
Mathematics2—
Cybersecurity1—
General (no specialty)1—
Product & project management1—

Language-specific roles: Catalan (3), Chinese (3), Korean (3), Arabic (2), Bengali (2), Bulgarian (2), Croatian (2), Czech (2).

Where you can work for SME Careers

0 of SME Careers’s 264 listings state no country restriction. The other 264 are limited to the countries they name.

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SME Careers jobs: frequently asked questions

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Is SME Careers legit?
Mostly. SME Careers is SuperAnnotate's expert-hiring program, but independent evidence is thin, and the reviews we found report low project rates and uneven task volume.
How many SME Careers jobs are open right now?
264 SME Careers listings are open on AI Training Jobs Finder right now, the newest added on October 28, 2026. The list refreshes daily, so roles that close drop off and new ones appear without you needing to check SME Careers's own site.
How much does SME Careers pay?
Across 263 SME Careers listings with a published hourly rate, the median top-of-range rate is $50/hr. The middle half of listings top out between $25 and $70/hr, and the highest advertised rate is $150/hr. That is 23% below the $65/hr median across all platforms we track. These are advertised rates, not earnings; our pay report explains how they are calculated.
What kind of work does SME Careers offer?
The most common categories among current SME Careers listings are languages & translation (108), software engineering (51) and science & research (21). Language-specific roles are most often Catalan, Chinese and Korean. Each category links to every matching role across all platforms.
Can I work for SME Careers from my country?
0% of SME Careers listings (0) state no country restriction. The other 264 name specific countries, most often United States, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Open a listing to see exactly where it is available.
How do I apply to SME Careers?
Every SME Careers listing on AI Training Jobs Finder links straight to SME Careers's own application page. Applying costs nothing and happens on SME Careers's platform, not ours. Our SME Careers review covers what the screening process involves and how long it takes.

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