Machine Learning Evaluation Specialist (Remote)
List of accepted countries and locations
Important for US applicants: This is a 1099 independent contractor role and is not compatible with F-1 OPT, STEM OPT, or other visa statuses that require W-2 employment, guaranteed hours, or employer sponsorship. We are unable to provide offer letters or employment verification for this role.
Help design the hardest ML problems state-of-the-art AI hasn't solved yet.
We're hiring domain experts to build evaluation tasks that challenge the frontier of AI. This is not an ML engineering role — it's a research role. You'll use deep expertise in your field to create problems that general ML knowledge can't touch.
What you'll do
- Propose and frame original, research-grade ML problems rooted in your domain
- Design evaluation tasks that require specialized knowledge well beyond standard pipelines
- Assess AI-generated solutions for correctness, creativity, and methodological rigor — and explain exactly where and why they fall short
- Document problem difficulty, required domain knowledge, and expected failure modes
What you need
- Graduate-level expertise (MS or PhD preferred) in a scientific or technical domain that intersects with ML
- Strong working knowledge of ML methods — model selection, feature engineering, evaluation metrics
- Deep familiarity with active research problems in your field — you know where general ML knowledge runs out
- Excellent written communication — you can articulate complex problems clearly and precisely. This cannot be overstated.
- Self-motivated and comfortable working independently on intellectually demanding tasks
What you don't need
- No prior AI training or RLHF experience required
- No software engineering background needed — domain expertise and research instincts are what matter
Domains we're especially looking for
- Computational Biology / Bioinformatics
- Genomics / Molecular Biology
- Physics / Astrophysics / Signal Processing
- Climate / Environmental Modeling
- Healthcare / Medical Imaging
- Neuroscience / Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Materials Science / Chemistry
- Finance / Quantitative Modeling
- Robotics / Control Systems / Reinforcement Learning
- Advanced NLP (specialized domains)
- Mathematics / Statistics (applied)
Logistics
- Fully remote — work from anywhere
- $200–$400/hr depending on domain and seniority
- 10–40 hrs/week, hourly contract
- Assessment required — paid if approved
- Independent contractor (1099) — not compatible with F-1 OPT, STEM OPT, or visa statuses requiring W-2 employment or employer sponsorship
This is a project-based, freelance opportunity with no guaranteed hours. We recommend keeping other work options open while waiting for project assignment.