Remote Data Science Expert for AI Model Evaluation

Alignerr Corp.; Auckland; Remote; NZD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a Data Science Expert – AI Content Specialist to stress-test and improve cutting-edge AI models from anywhere in the world. This remote hourly-contract role offers intellectual challenge, flexible scheduling, and ongoing project renewal opportunities.

You’ll design complex problems, author benchmark solutions, and audit model outputs, contributing to the reliability and accuracy of advanced AI systems while collaborating with a global team of domain experts.

Qualifications

• Holds or is pursuing a Master’s or PhD in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Statistics or CS.
• Strong foundations in supervised/unsupervised learning, deep learning, big data tech (Spark, Hadoop) or NLP.
• Able to clearly and precisely communicate complex algorithms and statistics in writing.
• Exceptionally detail-oriented; catches errors in code, notation, and conclusions that others miss.
• No prior AI or annotation experience required.

Responsibilities

• Design Complex Challenges — craft advanced data science problems spanning hyperparameter optimization, Bayesian inference, cross-validation and more to probe AI reasoning.
• Author Ground-Truth Solutions — develop rigorous, step-by-step technical responses including Python/R scripts, SQL queries, and mathematical derivations as benchmarks.
• Audit AI-Generated Code — critically evaluate outputs using libraries like Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, and TensorFlow for correctness and efficiency.
• Refine AI Reasoning — identify data leakage, overfitting, or imbalanced data handling issues and provide structured feedback to improve model thinking.

Skills

Machine learning

Statistics

Data engineering

Communication of complex concepts

Attention to detail

Education

Master's or PhD in Data Science / Statistics / CS

Tools

Scikit-Learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

SQL

Python

R

Spark

Job description

Alignerr is seeking a Data Science Expert – AI Content Specialist to stress-test and improve cutting-edge AI models from anywhere in the world. This remote hourly-contract role offers intellectual challenge, flexible scheduling, and ongoing project renewal opportunities.

You’ll design complex problems, author benchmark solutions, and audit model outputs, contributing to the reliability and accuracy of advanced AI systems while collaborating with a global team of domain experts.