Remote Postdoctoral AI Researcher — Contract

Alignerr Corp.; Manchester; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a General Postdoctoral Researcher (Masters/PhDs) to tackle advanced AI training problems. This is a fully remote, flexible hourly contract role designed for researchers to work independently on meaningful, high-impact challenges.

You will collaborate asynchronously with AI labs to push the boundaries of AI reasoning, contributing across academic and professional STEM domains while maintaining rigorous, peer-review-level standards.

Qualifications

• Holds a Master’s or PhD in a STEM or highly technical field from a top university.
• Has a strong track record of research, publications, or complex project work.
• Communicates with exceptional clarity and precision in written English.
• Detail-oriented and rigorous — you hold your work to the standard of peer review.
• Self-motivated and comfortable working asynchronously without hand-holding.

Responsibilities

• Develop, solve, and critically review advanced problems across academic and professional STEM domains with real-world relevance
• Apply your research expertise to design complex, rigorous problem statements that challenge and improve AI reasoning capabilities
• Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers and domain experts to enhance model performance
• Ensure academic rigor, clarity, and depth across every deliverable you produce
• Work independently on your own schedule — no meetings, no micromanagement

Skills

Python

R

English proficiency

Independent work

Education

Master's or PhD in STEM

Job description

Alignerr is seeking a General Postdoctoral Researcher (Masters/PhDs) to tackle advanced AI training problems. This is a fully remote, flexible hourly contract role designed for researchers to work independently on meaningful, high-impact challenges.

You will collaborate asynchronously with AI labs to push the boundaries of AI reasoning, contributing across academic and professional STEM domains while maintaining rigorous, peer-review-level standards.