Data Scientist

RemoteJobsOne; Auckland; Remote; NZD 338,000 - 386,000; Part time

Job summary

RemoteJobsOne in New Zealand partners with a leading AI lab to hire data scientists for a fully remote role. You’ll bring rigor to statistics, ML, experimentation, and quantitative reasoning.

Scope: evaluate AI model outputs, create prompts/datasets/reference solutions, and identify flawed methodology and errors in reasoning.

Preferred candidates have at least one year at a top company, reside in an English-speaking country, and can clearly communicate technical concepts.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year experience at a top company (tech, finance or research) with recent work in the past 7 years.
• Based in an English-speaking country.
• Clear written communication of technical and statistical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI model outputs on data science, statistics, ML, and quantitative problems.
• Create expert-level prompts, datasets, and reference solutions.
• Identify flawed methodology, statistical errors, and weak quantitative reasoning.
• Provide structured feedback that improves model capability.

Job description

This is a fully remote position, open to candidates based in New Zealand.

Pay: $245–$280/hr

Role Title: Data Scientist

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

About the Role

the company is partnering with a leading AI lab to hire data scientists and quantitative professionals from top companies. You'll bring rigor to how AI models handle statistics, machine learning, experimentation, and quantitative reasoning.

Scope of Work

1. Evaluate AI model outputs on data science, statistics, ML, and quantitative problems
2. Create expert-level prompts, datasets, and reference solutions
3. Identify flawed methodology, statistical errors, and weak quantitative reasoning
4. Provide structured feedback that improves model capability

Preferred Qualifications

1. At least one year of experience working at a top company (tech, finance, or research), with at least part of this experience within the past 7 years
2. Based in an English-speaking country
3. Clear written communication of technical and statistical concepts