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title: 'System Operations Engineer - AI Trainer - Freelance - 8-20hrs/week - Remote at 10x Team'
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# System Operations Engineer - AI Trainer - Freelance - 8-20hrs/week - Remote at 10x Team

- **Company:** 10x Team
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Compensation:** €81–€139/hr
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-03-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/10xteam/e5e26710-76e4-4bb4-b59d-21c51abfa051

## Job description

Updated: 07 July 2026

Freelance | 8–20 hrs/week | Remote (EU/UK)

Are you a seasoned professional in systems operations and automation, eager to help shape the next generation of artificial intelligence? Join 10x Team as a Freelance System Operations Engineer – AI Trainer and leverage your expertise to build smarter AI models while working flexibly and remotely.

About Us: 10x Team connects skilled freelancers with leading AI labs, collaborating to advance the capabilities of AI systems. We are seeking experienced system operations engineers based in the EU or UK to review, refine, and train AI to better understand and address real-world operational challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

- Review and improve AI-generated content and recommendations related to system operations, automation, and reliability
- Evaluate technical accuracy and practicality of AI-driven operational scenarios and workflows
- Develop real-world examples, use cases, and risk assessments from your domain experience
- Create scenario variations for different operational roles—engineers, admins, leads
- Identify weaknesses, inefficiencies, and overlooked risks in AI outputs, providing actionable feedback
- Directly contribute to the way AI models reason about operations and automation challenges

About You:

- Experienced system operations engineer, SRE, DevOps specialist, or operations lead with a proven track record in managing and automating complex IT systems
- Based in the EU or UK
- Deep expertise in modern system operations approaches, automation tools, and best practices for operational excellence
- Methodical, proactive, and effective at delivering clear, constructive feedback
- Available 8–20 hours per week and reliable in remote communication

Why Join 10x Team?

- Flexible, project-based freelance work—100% remote
- Help advance AI's understanding of complex operations and automation
- Free access to the 10x Team AI Academy for continuous development
- Structured onboarding, concise project briefs, and a collaborative freelance network

How to Apply:

After applying, you’ll receive an email detailing the steps to:

- ⁠Complete a short written assessment
- Participate in an AI-powered interview

Important: Your application is only complete once you finish all steps via the email link.

Please note: these AI Lab missions are not traditional job openings with fixed start dates. Project demand is highly dynamic and matching depends on your expertise, availability, and current AI Lab needs. Some experts are matched within days, while others may wait longer for a suitable project.

Help lead the future of AI-driven system operations—apply today!

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## NOTE

At 10x, there are two types of opportunities:

1. Traditional freelance missions These are regular project-based opportunities where the listed mission is the actual project you may work on.
2. AI Lab roles For AI Lab roles, we scout, review, and approve profiles for access to future project opportunities.

The missions listed for AI Lab roles are not traditional job openings. AI Lab work is often highly confidential as this exposes information of what an AI Lab is working on, and project requests are unpredictable. When an AI Lab request comes in, we often need to respond within 24 hours with suitable talent.

Matching depends on the specific needs of each AI Lab project and your niche expertise. Once your profile is reviewed and approved, you may be matched to relevant AI Lab projects when suitable opportunities arise.

This can happen within hours, but it may also take months, depending on the researchers at the AI labs and their project needs.

## About 10x Team

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: 10x Team is a European-first platform that assesses, trains, and activates verified professionals (10x-ers) for expert-in-the-loop AI model evaluation, fractional work, and AI fluency building.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage – raised $1.1M in seed round led by Maikel Lobbezoo in May 2024) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/10xteam)
- **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Angelique Schouten (CEO) and Anton Zhelyazkov (Co-founder & Tech Lead) [10x.team](https://10x.team/about-us/)

## Core Business
- Primary industries: AI talent platform / human intelligence layer / professional services for AI model evaluation and training.
- Target customers: AI labs, enterprise companies, and regulated sectors (finance, legal, healthcare) that need verified European domain experts for model evaluation, human feedback, and fractional AI-native work. Also serves professionals (B2B talent marketplace).
- Mission: "To increase AI fluency and activate verified human intelligence so companies can work better with AI; and AI can learn from people who know what good looks like." [10x.team](https://10x.team/about-us/)

## Products & Services
- **[10x Platform – Assess. Train. Activate.]**: A three-step system for professionals and companies.
  - **Assess**: AI-readiness assessments, domain judgment tests, and identity verification (eIDAS2-ready) to measure AI fluency and reasoning quality.
  - **Train**: 10x AI Academy – learning paths to turn professionals into AI-ready operators, evaluators, and domain trainers.
  - **Activate**: Marketplace connecting verified European experts with AI labs and companies for model evaluation, edge-case generation, human feedback, and fractional consulting (e.g., Fractional CISO, Fractional CFO). [10x.team](https://10x.team/)
- **AI Trainer & Expert-in-the-Loop Services**: Freelance roles (8-20 hrs/week) for domain specialists (healthcare, legal, PR, growth, compliance, etc.) to evaluate models, create prompts, and provide domain calibration. Listed on their careers page. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/10xteam)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $1.085M (Seed round, 2024). Headcount of 25 employees (+261.5% year-over-year growth). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/10xteam) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/10x-team)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lead investor: Maikel Lobbezoo (angel/seed). Also mentioned: Wired (Top 100 hottest European startup), MT Sprout, Dutch Financial Times, De Financiele Telegraaf. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/10xteam)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Over 60,000 European professionals have applied to 10x. [10x.team](https://10x.team/)
  - Active job postings: 17 (with quarterly posting growth +6.2%). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/10xteam)
  - Operates in 8 countries (Netherlands, Germany, Czechia, Greece, UK, Bulgaria, Finland, Italy). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/10xteam)

## Competitive Advantages
- **European-first trust layer**: Identity verification aligned with eIDAS2 and European Digital Identity Framework; GDPR-conscious workflows for handling sensitive AI data. [10x.team](https://10x.team/)
- **Curated, not crowdsourced**: Focus on senior domain experts (medior/senior) rather than anonymous low-cost workers – higher quality human signal for AI model improvement.
- **Built for regulated sectors and AI labs**: Offers compliance (GDPR, DORA, NIS2) and confidentiality – suitable for finance, legal, healthcare, and enterprise AI.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand the European expert-in-the-loop network for frontier AI labs and enterprises.
- Increase AI fluency through the 10x AI Academy and internal AI champions programs.
- Strengthen identity verification and trust infrastructure for remote expert work (eIDAS2-ready).
- Target companies moving from generic freelance platforms to verified, domain-calibrated human intelligence.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first**: 10x Team is a fully remote company based in the Netherlands with employees across Europe. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/10x-team)
- **Culture**: Values include "Caring" (giving every candidate a fair shot), "Brave-hearted" (making humans unstoppable, not replacing them), and "Ambitious" (data-driven, built for scale). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/10xteam)
- **Work style**: Flexible freelance/fractional engagements (8-20 hrs/week) – ideal for professionals seeking side missions or AI project work while maintaining a primary career.
- **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work with leading AI labs, help shape frontier models, and join a community of verified European experts. Featured as a Top 100 hottest European startup by Wired.
- **Engineering/operations**: Small but rapidly growing team (25 employees, +261.5% YoY), allowing significant ownership and impact.

## Sources
1. [10x.team – Main website](https://10x.team/)
2. [10x.team – About us](https://10x.team/about-us/)
3. [LinkedIn – 10x Team](https://www.linkedin.com/company/10xteam)
4. [Built In – 10x Team](https://builtin.com/company/10x-team)
5. [Ashby Jobs – 10x Team careers](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/10xteam)

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