Loading opportunity…
All opportunities
Mercor
BraintrustAfterQuery 
Sovrano AI
Terac
micro1
SME Careers
Handshake AI
Turing
Rust Labs
Expert Work · Project
ML Research Expert � Published First Author (Benchmark Authoring)
<p>Paid, remote work authoring and validating research-grade ML benchmark tasks. For Master's or PhD-level ML researchers with at least one first-author paper.</p> <p><strong>Domain:</strong> Machine Learning / AI Research</p> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience: 1+ years of hands-on ML research; n
PLATFORMAfterQuery
LOCATIONRemote · eligibility varies
PAY$150/hr
SCHEDULESee role requirements
LAST CHECKED3 Nov 2026
THE OPPORTUNITY
Put your skills to work.
<p>Paid, remote work authoring and validating research-grade ML benchmark tasks. For Master's or PhD-level ML researchers with at least one first-author paper.</p> <p><strong>Domain:</strong> Machine Learning / AI Research</p> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience: 1+ years of hands-on ML research; n
- Pay
- $150/hr
- Type
- Project engagement
- Work
- Remote
About the role
<p>Paid, remote work authoring and validating research-grade ML benchmark tasks. For Master's or PhD-level ML researchers with at least one first-author paper.</p>
<p><strong>Domain:</strong> Machine Learning / AI Research</p>
<p><strong>Requirements</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience: 1+ years of hands-on ML research; no upper limit</li>
<li>Education: Master's or PhD (in progress is fine, including current PhD candidates)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The work</strong></p>
Why apply
- Work on frontier AI research problems in your area of deep expertise
- Fully remote, asynchronous and flexible, 5 to 40 hours a week
- Competitive hourly compensation ($150)
Responsibilities
- Design realistic ML research tasks and problem sets within your area of expertise
- Author expert-level reference solutions and grading rubrics
Required qualifications
- At least one first-author research paper in machine learning or a closely related field
- Master's or PhD in ML, CS, statistics, mathematics or a related quantitative field, completed or in progress
- Hands-on experience writing ML code (training, evaluation or systems work), not annotation or data labelling
- Meets the experience and education bar described in Full Description
Preferred qualifications
- Multiple first-author publications, or papers reporting measured improvements over a baseline
- Publications at venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ACL, EMNLP, CoRL or MLSys
- Depth in one or more of the listed task areas rather than broad familiarity
Role details are copied from the AfterQuery listing and can change. Check the platform before you apply.
Relevant skills
A few things to check
- Location and experience requirements.
- Schedule, compensation, and assessment process.
- Current availability on AfterQuery.
KEEP EXPLORING
Similar opportunities.
Related roles across other platforms, selected by field, title and skills.
LLM Research Scientist (Pre-training & Computer Vision & Adversarial Robustness)
We're looking for experienced machine learning researchers with hands on experience training and improving deep learning models end to end, across vision and language. You'll work on well scoped empirical open ended ML research problems.…
Data AnalysisLLM Research ScientistRemote collaboration
Remote
$100–$120/hr
BraintrustData Scientist, Product Analytics (Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid) - 1128
Etsy lists this freelance opportunity through Braintrust. Skills include SQL, Looker, Tableau.
SQLLookerTableau
New York, NY, USA
$80–$86/hr
AfterQueryBioinformatics Machine Learning Expert
This is a remote, project-based role for machine learning professionals with deep expertise in bioinformatics. You will complete tasks at the intersection of ML and biological data analysis � including model development, pipeline construction, and research tasks applied to real genomic, transcriptomic, or multi-omics d
Remote · eligibility varies
$175/hr
Sovrano AILife Sciences Expert
Join Sovrano AI's life sciences expert network. This is a waitlist for future AI training projects, paid up to €100 an hour, and your application is not tied to a specific project. Apply once, complete a short AI interview about your field, and we contact you directly when a project matches your background.
Molecular biologyGeneticsBiochemistry
Remote (US, CA, EU, TR)
EUR 100/hr
Software Engineers & Data Scientists: AI Slide Deck Evaluation
We are running a paid project to determine what constitutes an excellent technical presentation. We are looking for technical professionals to review and rank slide decks from their field.
Software EngineersData ScientistsRemote collaboration
Remote · eligibility varies
$110 /hr
micro1Applied Scientists — Machine Learning (MSc. or PhD)
Skills include Machine Learning. 100 openings shown by micro1.
Machine Learning
Remote · eligibility varies
$60–$120/hr
SME CareersBiology Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Biology Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across biology AI training projects.…
LLM EvaluationMolecular BiologyBiology QA
United States
Up to $75/hr
Data Scientist
Apply to the Handshake AI Fellowship
Data ScientistRemote collaboration
Remote · eligibility varies
Up to $120/hr
Data Scientist/Analyst
Analyze data and write Python code to enhance AI model performance.
PythonData AnalysisData Science
Remote · eligibility varies
Not disclosed
Rust LabsResearch scientists: computational task authoring
Scientists and mathematicians build realistic computational research tasks for AI evaluation, remotely. A one-minute form tells rustLabs about you.
ScienceResearchMathematics
Remote · remote
Not disclosed