Economics AI Trainer (PhD)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Contractor status

Impactful research

Job summary

Weekday AI seeks researchers to guide economics-focused AI model development. You will work with research teams to close knowledge gaps and enhance model performance in economics through rigorous evaluation and feedback.

The role requires a PhD in Economics and 2+ years of relevant experience. This is a part-time, independent-contractor position with flexible, remote work for US-based candidates.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics from a top-tier university.
• 2+ years of academic or professional experience in economics or related research.

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

Model evaluation

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.