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This role is a part-time Machine Learning Engineer position, offering $50-$100/hour for 30+ hours/week, primarily weekdays. Requirements include an active or recently graduated PhD, expertise in data science, machine learning, and Python, along with strong analytical skills. Location: Remote. United Kingdom.
Position: PhD RaterType: Part-TimeCompensation: $50-$100/hourLocation: RemoteCommitment: 30+ hours/week (primarily weekdays)
Responsibilities
- Design challenging, real-world STEM benchmark problems in domains such as data science, machine learning, finance, and software engineering.
- Implement tasks within an agentic development environment using Python.
- Create reproducible problem setups with clear specifications and executable tests.
- Evaluate and analyze AI model behavior, including reasoning traces and agent workflows.
- Diagnose reasoning failures, logic gaps, and problem-solving limitations in AI systems.
- Contribute to improving benchmark quality and evaluation frameworks for frontier AI models.
Requirements
- Active or recently graduated PhD.
- Deep expertise in data science, machine learning, finance, and/or Python-based software development.
- Strong research background in advanced STEM topics.
- Ability to commit reliably for 30+ hours per week.
- Demonstrated technical output such as high-quality open-source contributions or research work.
- Ability to analyze agent behavior traces and diagnose failures beyond surface-level errors.
Application Process
- Upload resume
- Interview
- Submit form
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