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PhD Scientist — STEM Expert
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Contract type
Freelance
Work mode
Remote · Worldwide
Experience
3 years
Job description
Contractor role designing difficult technical problems drawn from the candidate's own STEM research area, with correct solutions, reasoning, and objective grading criteria. The work supports AI training and evaluation projects.
At a glance
- Employment
- Contract · Independent contractor
- Work mode
- Remote · Worldwide
- Pay
- USD 45 – 90 / hour
What you'll do
- Design difficult technical problems drawn from your own research area, with realistic constraints and supporting data.
- Provide the correct solution and walk through the reasoning that gets there.
- Define objective criteria for correctness, so another researcher reviewing the work would reach the same verdict.
- Review problems built by other contributors for technical accuracy and soundness of method.
- Flag problems that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable rather than submitting them.
What we're looking for
- Completed PhD in a STEM field. This is a hard requirement.
- Hands-on research experience — work you did yourself, not work you read about.
- Able to explain why an answer is correct clearly enough that another researcher could verify it.
Nice to have
- Wet lab, research lab, or academic experience is strongly preferred.
- Publications or a record of research contribution is a strong plus.
- Prior experience on AI training or evaluation projects is a plus, not a requirement.
How to get hired
- 1Apply and complete the screening questions
- 2Complete the AI interview for this role — it's how your expertise gets in front of the client
- 3Profile review
- 4Onboarding — our Talent Ops team will get you set up