Economics AI Trainer (PhD)

Weekday 1; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rate

Remote work

Independent contractor

Job summary

Weekday 1 is assisting a leading AI lab to train advanced AI models. You will guide research teams to close knowledge gaps in economics and evaluate complex tasks, providing clear written feedback. This is a part-time, remote contractor role based in the United States, with a 20–40 hour weekly commitment for 4–8 weeks.

The position offers a competitive hourly rate and flexible, async work to impact AI model development.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics from a top-tier university.
• 2+ years of academic or professional experience.
• Must be currently based in the US.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Economics research

Economics analysis

Academic collaboration

Education

PhD in Economics

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

• 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

• 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.