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Game Developer

On Handshake AI, run by Handshake

Up to $125/hr

Part-time, project-based work for an AI research project: you build game-development tasks that leading AI models cannot yet solve and judge how the models respond. It suits game developers with US work authorization, a completed bachelor's degree and at least two years with tools such as Panda3D, Solar2D or Defold.

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Pay

Up to $125/hr

Up to $125 an hour, depending on the project. This is a ceiling, not a guaranteed rate.

Type
Contract
Hours
Part-time and project-based, at your own pace, with no set schedule or minimum hours
Africa
Not in Africa
Platform
Handshake AI

01 · The role

What you would do

  • Create tasks that today's leading AI models cannot solve, drawn from real game-development work such as gameplay programming, level setup, asset integration, physics, rendering and builds
  • Assess how AI models respond to those tasks
  • Write clear, structured feedback that helps the models improve
  • Work remotely at your own pace, with no set schedule or minimum hours

02 · Requirements

What they ask for

  • A finished bachelor's degree, or a more advanced one
  • At least two years of work experience with Panda3D, Solar2D, Defold or a related technical tool
  • US work authorization
  • Strong written communication, and the ability to explain complex game-development concepts clearly
  • Comfort working independently in a remote, asynchronous setting

Helpful, not required

  • Work across more than one engine, framework or discipline, for example 2D and 3D development, game art tools, or scripting in GDScript, C#, C++, Java, Lua or Python
  • Industry experience at a game studio, as an indie developer or in a nearby field such as interactive media, simulation or game tooling, or a portfolio of released games
  • Panda3D
  • Solar2D
  • Defold
  • Game development
  • Game design
  • LLM evaluation

03 · Eligibility

Who can apply

Remote, US only: the posting requires US work authorization and limits applicants to the United States. F-1 students eligible for CPT or OPT may qualify; STEM OPT is not supported.

Countries named in the listing: United States.

Not in Africa

As far as the listing and Handshake AI's country rules show, this role is not open to people living in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa or Egypt. Handshake AI in Africa

Apply from where you live, as yourself. Using a VPN or someone else's identity to get around a country rule breaks these platforms' terms, and it is the quickest way to lose an account and any unpaid earnings.

04 · Applying

How to get in

You apply through Handshake AI's own process. The steps from sign-up to first paid task are on its profile.

05 · Source

About this listing

We last confirmed this opening on Oct 31, 2026. Rates and hours come from the listing unless the note beside the rate says otherwise. Where the listing names no countries, the Africa status is our reading of it and of what is known of Handshake AI's country rules, set out on its profile, and never marks a role more open than they show. The listing itself has the final word.

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Game Developer

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