Remote ML/AI Research Evaluator — Scientific Review Expert

Lightly; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 124,000 - 193,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Frontier AI research projects

Job summary

Lightly AG, a Zurich‑based AI company, seeks experienced ML/AI researchers to evaluate advanced autonomous AI research papers for scientific quality and novelty. You will assess technical correctness, experimental rigor, and reproducibility, aligning judgments with NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR standards.

This is a remote, project‑based contractor role with flexible hours. You will critically review AI-generated research, identify methodological flaws, verify literature, and provide structured,

Qualifications

• PhD in ML/AI, CS, statistics or related field.
• Three or more peer‑reviewed papers at NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR or equivalent.
• Hands‑on ML/AI research experience with novel method development.

Responsibilities

• Critically evaluate AI/generated ML/AI research papers for scientific validity and relevance.
• Assess novelty, significance, and technical soundness against top conferences.
• Evaluate experimental design, baselines, metrics, and reproducibility.

Skills

Critical evaluation

Scientific writing

Independent judgment

Paper review

Education

PhD in ML/AI/CS

Job description

Lightly AG, a Zurich‑based AI company, seeks experienced ML/AI researchers to evaluate advanced autonomous AI research papers for scientific quality and novelty. You will assess technical correctness, experimental rigor, and reproducibility, aligning judgments with NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR standards.

This is a remote, project‑based contractor role with flexible hours. You will critically review AI-generated research, identify methodological flaws, verify literature, and provide structured,