General Postdoctoral Researcher (Masters/PhDs)

Alignerr Corp.; Adelaide; Remote; AUD 118,000 - 237,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr invites a General Postdoctoral Researcher (Masters/PhDs) to join its AI training initiative. This fully remote, hourly contract role lets you work with leading AI labs, addressing multi-disciplinary challenges that push AI reasoning and problem solving in real-world contexts.

You’ll design and evaluate AI training tasks, craft rigorous problem statements, review AI outputs for accuracy, and collaborate asynchronously with fellow researchers.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in STEM or a highly technical field from a top university.
• Experience with publishing research or equivalent demonstrated expertise.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with strong attention to detail.
• Self-directed and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Curiosity across complex, abstract problem domains.

Responsibilities

• Design, solve, and evaluate complex multi-disciplinary problems with real-world relevance to AI training.
• Translate domain expertise into rigorous problem statements to advance AI reasoning.
• Review AI-generated outputs for academic accuracy and depth.
• Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers to improve model performance.
• Maintain high standards of clarity, rigor, and integrity in all deliverables.

Skills

Strong research skills

Excellent communication

Independent work

Education

Master's or PhD in STEM

Tools

Python

R

Job description

General Postdoctoral Researcher (Masters/PhDs) - AI Training

About The Role

What if your years of advanced research could directly shape how the world's most powerful AI systems reason, solve problems, and understand complex ideas? We're looking for Masters and PhD-level researchers to work alongside leading AI labs — designing the kinds of rigorous, multi-disciplinary challenges that push AI to think at the highest level.

This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for researchers who want to apply their expertise in a meaningful, high-impact way — on their own schedule, without the constraints of a traditional academic or lab environment.

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

What You'll Do

• Design, solve, and critically evaluate complex, multi-disciplinary problems with real-world relevance to AI training
• Apply your domain expertise to craft rigorous problem statements that challenge and advance AI reasoning capabilities
• Review and assess AI-generated outputs for academic accuracy, logical soundness, and depth
• Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers and fellow domain experts to continuously improve model performance
• Uphold high standards of clarity, rigor, and intellectual integrity across all deliverables

Who You Are

• Holder of a Master's or PhD in a STEM or highly technical field from a top university
• Experienced researcher with a strong track record — publications, complex projects, or equivalent demonstrated expertise
• Exceptionally clear written and verbal communicator with sharp attention to detail
• Self-directed and consistent when working independently without close supervision
• Intellectually curious and comfortable working across a range of complex, abstract problems

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with data annotation, data quality evaluation, or AI evaluation systems
• Proficiency in Python, R, or other research-oriented programming languages
• Familiarity with AI tools, language models, or machine learning workflows
• Background spanning multiple technical disciplines

Why Join Us

• Work directly with cutting-edge AI projects alongside the world's leading research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — structure your work around your life, not the other way around
• Freelance autonomy with the substance of genuinely challenging, intellectually stimulating work
• Make a direct, lasting impact on how next-generation AI systems reason and solve hard problems
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch