Economics AI Trainer (PhD)

Weekday AI; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, remote work

Independent contractor

Job summary

Weekday AI is assisting a leading AI lab to hire a research contractor in economics. You will guide research teams, close knowledge gaps and evaluate advanced economics tasks to improve model performance.

This part-time, remote role is US-based, 20 hours a week, 4–8 week project, paid as an independent contractor at $70–$90 per hour.

Qualifications

• Education : PhD in Economics from a top tier university.
• Work experience : 2+ years of academic experience (research/teaching) or professional experience (scientist, engineer or researcher)
• Location : Must be currently based out of the US.

Responsibilities

• Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in economics domain.
• Evaluate advanced economics tasks and provide clear, written feedback.

Education

PhD in Economics from a top tier university

Job description

This role for one of Weekday’s clients.

We are currently helping hire for one of the leading AI labs (via one of our partners); helping them train their AI models.

Have you been curious as to how LLMs generate expert answers and would you like to contribute to their development? There are a bunch of gaps in the understanding of these LLMs in certain key specialised areas (like economics). We require your help in building these models much better (and thereby expansion of human understanding of these fields).

What exactly would do?

You’d be guiding research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in economics domain.

You will be evaluating advanced economics tasks and solutions and provide clear, written feedback

Requirements

Requirements:

Education : PhD in Economics from a top tier university

Work experience : 2+ years of academic experience (research/teaching) or professional experience (scientist, engineer or researcher)

Location : Must be currently based out of the US

Benefits

Benefits

Compensation : $70 to $90 per hour (avg $80 hourly rate)

Time commitment : 20 hours per week commitment (can go to ~40)

Project duration: 4-8 weeks

Flexible, remote work that will have a significant impact on the development of advanced AI models

Async work and communication

Work type: Part-time

Industry: Internet and Artificial Intelligence

You would not be employed full-time and will be paid as an independent contractor.