Economist - AI Trainer

Mindrift; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading AI consultancy in the United Kingdom seeks final-year Economics students or graduates to design complex tasks for AI agents. The part-time role offers up to $43/hour, allowing for remote work that fits around your commitments. Ideal candidates should have strong analytical skills, excellent English proficiency, and some professional experience, aiming to influence future AI models by engaging in advanced projects that enhance their portfolio.

Benefits

Competitive pay based on skills

Flexible freelance project

Experience in advanced AI projects

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in economics or related fields.
• Experience in cross‑functional, applied, or international projects.
• Strong reasoning about complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Design complex tasks for frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate to refine model responses and usage.
• Create ambiguous versions of tasks for training.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Written and verbal English (C1/C2)

Creativity in case design

Experience with LLMs

Education

Final‑year undergraduate or postgraduate in Economics

Job description

Overview

At Mindrift, innovation meets opportunity. We believe in using the power of collective intelligence to ethically shape the future of AI. The Mindrift platform connects specialists with AI projects from major tech innovators. Our mission is to unlock the potential of Generative AI by tapping into real‑world expertise from across the globe.

Responsibilities

• Design complex, realistic tasks that push frontier AI agents to their limits, including scattered data, conditional procedures, and genuine domain expertise.
• Create a detailed version with objective scoring, then write an ambiguous version intended to train the agent to succeed with less hand‑holding.
• Collaborate with quality teams to refine model responses and shape how useful these models become for your own future work.

Qualifications

• Final‑year undergraduate or postgraduate students majoring in Economics, with a GPA 3.5+ on a 4.0 scale.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional industry experience in economics or closely related fields.
• Experience in cross‑functional, applied, or international projects, especially where expertise has been applied in real‑world or consulting contexts.
• Strong analytical thinking and the ability to reason about complex systems, scenarios, and logical implications.
• Excellent written and verbal English (C1/C2 level) and experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, or AI‑generated content.
• Creativity in designing realistic and engaging examples, cases, or workflows based on domain knowledge.
• Access to a laptop, stable internet connection, and sufficient availability to engage with project tasks.

Benefits

• Get paid for your expertise, with rates up to $43/hour depending on your skills, experience, and project needs.
• Take part in a part‑time, remote, freelance project that fits around your primary professional or academic commitments.
• Work on advanced AI projects and gain valuable experience that enhances your portfolio.
• Influence how future AI models understand and communicate in your field of expertise.