Remote AI Data Scientist & Model Auditor

Alignerr Corp.; Wellington; Remote; NZD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking Masters- or PhD-level data scientists to challenge, audit, and refine cutting‑edge AI models—stress‑testing their reasoning, catching blind spots, and helping them think more clearly.

This is a fully remote, hourly contract role requiring deep data science knowledge and rigorous technical accuracy. You design challenges, author ground‑truth solutions, and audit AI‑generated code to improve model performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or holding a Masters/PhD in a quantitative field related to data science.
• Strong knowledge of supervised/unsupervised learning, deep learning, and NLP.
• Clear written communication of complex algorithms and statistical results.
• Detail-oriented with ability to spot errors in notation and conclusions.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently without supervision.
• No prior AI/domain annotation experience required.

Responsibilities

• Design Advanced Challenges covering ML topics such as hyperparameter optimization, Bayesian inference, cross-validation, and dimensionality reduction.
• Author Ground‑Truth Solutions with Python/R scripts, SQL queries, and mathematical derivations.
• Audit AI‑generated code for correctness, efficiency, and technical soundness using major libraries.
• Identify reasoning failures, data leakage, overfitting, and imbalanced data handling; provide structured feedback.
• Work independently on task-based assignments asynchronously.

Skills

Machine learning

Statistical modeling

Data engineering

Strong written communication

Independent work

Attention to detail

No AI-domain experience required

Education

Masters or PhD in Data Science

Statistics or Computer Science

Tools

Scikit-Learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Alignerr is seeking Masters- or PhD-level data scientists to challenge, audit, and refine cutting‑edge AI models—stress‑testing their reasoning, catching blind spots, and helping them think more clearly.

This is a fully remote, hourly contract role requiring deep data science knowledge and rigorous technical accuracy. You design challenges, author ground‑truth solutions, and audit AI‑generated code to improve model performance and reliability.