Handshake AI jobs, pay, and reviews

Handshake AI has 3 open jobs on this site. The median pay is $95/hr, and most jobs pay $30 to $160/hr. Each job page shows its own rate.

Of its 3 open jobs on this site, Handshake AI has the most in coding (1), general knowledge (1), and STEM (1).

Fellowship pay goes through Stripe. Each weekly payout covers Monday to Sunday of the week before, in Pacific time. Handshake sends it to the pay platform by Wednesday afternoon, and it can take about 48 hours to show for withdrawal. Some projects use a different schedule, set in the Project Terms. Before your first payment, you file a W-9 or W-8BEN through TaxBandits, and US fellows need an SSN or ITIN. Projects pay by the hour or by the task. Hourly tasks have a time cap, and time above the cap is not paid. Onboarding is paid only when the Project Terms say so. Optional meetings, Slack time, and time lost to technical problems are not paid. Fellowship rates are $30 to $125 an hour. The AI Red Teamer (Remote) role is different: it is a W-2 hourly job through TCWGlobal at $32 to $95 an hour. The Cybersecurity and CBRNE red teamer posts are contract roles and do not say how pay is sent.

Each Apply button on this site opens the job on Handshake AI's own site, where you apply. The steps are: 1. Apply to a red teamer role on Handshake's Ashby job board, or sign up for the fellowship with a Handshake account. The red teamer forms ask for a resume, US work authorization, and short written answers. The Cybersecurity and CBRNE forms also ask if you live near Seattle or can move there within a month. 2. For the fellowship, verify your phone, confirm your US work authorization, upload a PDF resume, and accept the Contractor Agreement. Then wait. Handshake emails you when a project matches your background, and some projects ask for work samples first. 3. Verify your identity with Persona, using a photo ID and a selfie. Some projects also need a background check or an assessment, such as a quiz or a practice task. In most cases, you cannot retake a failed assessment. 4. Set up your tax details and a Stripe payout method, then finish the project onboarding and training before you start tasks.

Yes. Handshake AI is part of Handshake, a career network founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco. Handshake raised a $200 million Series F at a $3.5 billion valuation in 2022. It says it pays about $60 million a month to more than 30,000 people for AI work, weekly through Stripe. But its Trustpilot page has 1.8 of 5 from 29 reviews. That page covers all of Handshake, and many recent reviews from AI workers report cut hours, unpaid tests, and closed accounts. Handshake only emails from joinhandshake.com addresses and never asks for your SSN or bank details by message.

It is a W-2 hourly job through TCWGlobal, 40 hours a week, remote in the US, at $32 to $95 an hour. You write adversarial prompts and multi-turn scenarios to make large language models break their safety rules. Then you score the answers against harm rubrics and document what you tried. Topics include content safety, CBRN, cybersecurity, child safety, and self-harm, across text, image, voice, and agent tools. The post warns of regular exposure to harmful content, including violence and sexually explicit material. Handshake cannot hire people who live in California for this role.

AI trainers help companies improve AI models. You review and rate model answers, write example answers, find mistakes, or record voice and video data. Experts in law, medicine, coding, languages, and other fields teach models how a professional thinks. Most of this work is remote, flexible, and paid by the hour.

Yes. Every job on this site is remote, and most have flexible hours. Some jobs accept people from certain countries only, so check the 🌍 location on each job before you apply.

It depends on the job. Generalist jobs need clear writing and attention to detail. Expert jobs usually ask for a degree or work experience in the field, such as a law license or medical training. Language jobs need native or fluent skill in that language. Coding jobs need real programming experience.