AfterQueryDomain experts
Architect Expert
$113/hr
About this role, in AfterQuery's words
Architects to build the design and documentation scenarios frontier AI labs use to test model judgment.
What you'll do
Responsibilities
- Author realistic architecture scenarios from schematic design through construction documents
- Write reference answers with the design and code reasoning behind each decision
- Grade model output for design quality and code compliance
- Flag designs that read polished but would not survive plan review
Candidate background
Who this is for
- Architects with a professional degree in architecture or an active license
- Practitioners with at least 2 years in design or construction documentation
- Architects with depth in building codes, construction documents, and design development
- Clear writers who can document the reasoning behind a design decision
Required qualifications
- Professional degree in architecture or an active architecture license
- 2+ years of practice in design or construction documentation
- Depth in building codes, construction documents, and design development
- Clear written English for documenting design reasoning
- Able to commit at least 10 hours per week
Preferred qualifications
- NCARB licensure or active progress toward it
- Revit or BIM workflow depth
- Experience across multiple building types
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in AfterQuery's words
Posted by AfterQuery, reproduced here so you can judge the role before clicking. Original posting ↗
Architects to build the design and documentation 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 architects as contractors to author and grade the design and documentation scenarios those evaluations run on.
What you'll actually do
• Author realistic architecture scenarios, from schematic design through construction documents
• Write reference answers with the design and code reasoning behind each decision
• Grade model output for design quality and code compliance
• Flag designs that read polished but would not survive plan review
Who this is for
• Architects with a professional degree in architecture or an active license
• Practitioners with at least 2 years in design or construction documentation
• Architects with depth in building codes, construction documents, and design development
• Clear writers who can document the reasoning behind a design decision
Contract and pay
• $100 to $125/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.
• No screen recording, no keystroke monitoring, no idle timers.
• Independent contractor. Ongoing project work rather than single task batches.
How our hiring process works
• Apply at /apply/architect-expert. About five minutes. Resume plus a few structured questions.
• 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.
Responsibilities - Author realistic architecture scenarios from schematic design through construction documents - Write reference answers with the design and code reasoning behind each decision - Grade model output for design quality and code compliance - Flag designs that read polished but would not survive plan review
Required qualifications - Professional degree in architecture or an active architecture license - 2+ years of practice in design or construction documentation - Depth in building codes, construction documents, and design development - Clear written English for documenting design reasoning - Able to commit at least 10 hours per week
Preferred qualifications - NCARB licensure or active progress toward it - Revit or BIM workflow depth - Experience across multiple building types
Why apply - $100 to $125/hr, paid weekly via Stripe - 100% remote and fully async - Shape how frontier models reason about architecture - Ongoing project work with hours you set each week
Working with AfterQueryPay, getting started and work, from AfterQuery's own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Approved work is paid every Friday for the prior week, by Stripe to a bank account, with no fees. Stripe holds the first payout for 7 days. docs.afterquery.com/articles/payments-taxes/payment-setup
- Before your first paid task
- One assessment per expert pool, unpaid and with no retake. Onboarding takes about 10 minutes: legal documents, phone, ID through Persona, and payments. docs.afterquery.com/articles/onboarding/assessments, docs.afterquery.com/articles/onboarding/complete-your-onb...
- How much work
- Projects are assigned by assessment fit as they come up, and higher-rated contributors get priority. docs.afterquery.com/articles/onboarding/assessments, docs.afterquery.com/articles/about/contract-work
- Contract
- Independent contractor. Most contractors register as individuals. docs.afterquery.com/articles/about/contract-work, docs.afterquery.com/articles/onboarding/complete-your-onb...
Read on the pages linked above on 23 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
How does the pay compare?Across Domain experts roles, not this role alone
From our own daily reads of every open listing on the platforms we follow, not from AfterQuery's posting. How we count.
Pay across the field: Domain experts
Across 751 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 21 platforms, the middle half pays $63 to $125 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $113, is in the middle half. Of the 268 distinct rates we count, 171 are lower and 96 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| micro1 | 155 | $12 to $400 · median $110 |
| Alignerr | 148 | $24 to $200 · median $80 |
| AfterQuery (this platform) | 92 | $45 to $175 · median $100 |
| Mercor | 90 | $55 to $450 · median $120 |
| Handshake AI | 81 | $30 to $300 · median $80 |
Sources and listing historyWhere this information comes from
This listing's history
- First seen here on 28 Aug 2026, and still on AfterQuery's list when we last read it on 25 Oct 2026.
- Listed pay changed on 13 Oct 2026: $112.50/hr before, $113/hr after.
- Listed pay changed on 29 Sep 2026: up to $125/hr before, $112.50/hr after.
A change can also be a correction to how we read AfterQuery's feed. The figure at the top of this page is always the latest read.
- Posted by AfterQuery
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- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- 1787866191443
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