Expert Interviewer

Confidential; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Zekai is seeking an experienced Expert Interviewer to vet shortlisted engineers for frontier AI model training engagements. You will conduct short, structured interviews and provide evidence-based assessments of technical depth, communication, and AI-evaluation fit against a provided rubric.

This 100% remote contract role requires weekday availability and the ability to commit about 10 hours per week. You will coordinate scheduling and surface red flags while delivering concise summaries to the

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting senior engineers or experts for technical roles.
• Ability to conduct structured, time-bound interviews.
• Strong judgment to rate fit against rubric and surface red flags.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ~20-minute structured interviews with shortlisted experts.
• Confirm availability, work authorization, and exclusivity.
• Tier candidates (advance/hold/pass) and write concise summaries.
• Coordinate scheduling within weekday business hours.

Skills

Recruiting

Interviewing

Technical vetting

Structured judgment

Remote work

Job description

Support a high-priority technical-expert panel for a frontier AI lab as an Expert Interviewer.

Overview

We're seeking an experienced interviewer to help vet shortlisted engineers across GPU kernel development, security & vulnerability research, and ML-compiler / accelerator domains for an AI model training-and-evaluation engagement. You'll run short, structured interviews and give our team a clear, evidence-based read on each expert's fit.

What You’ll Do

• Run ~20-minute structured interviews with shortlisted experts, assessing technical depth, communication, and AI-evaluation fit against a provided rubric.
• Confirm each expert's availability, work authorization, and exclusivity, and surface any red flags.
• Tier each candidate (advance / hold / pass) and write a concise summary for the program team.
• Coordinate scheduling within weekday business hours.

What We're Looking For

• Prior recruiting, interviewing, or technical-vetting experience; comfort assessing senior engineers.
• Strong communication and structured judgment; able to run a warm, professional conversation and stay on time.
• Weekday business-hours availability.
• Able to commit reliably to about 10 hours per week, fully remote.

Equal Employment Opportunity: We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or any other legally protected characteristic.

This is a 100% remote contract role. Applicants must be located in: United States.