Freelance AI Test Scenario Designer - CS & AI Students Eligible

Mindrift (Toloka); United States; Remote; USD 25,000 - 41,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote freelance role

Part-time schedule

Job summary

Mindrift is seeking a freelance remote designer to craft realistic evaluation scenarios for LLM-based agents. You will define gold-standard behaviors, annotate steps, and ensure tests are clear, scored well, and reusable.

You should have a strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and a current or recent degree in CS/AI/ML/NLP. English proficiency at advanced level (C1+) is required.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or completed degree in CS/SE/DS/AI/NLP or related field.
• Strong analytical mindset and attention to detail.
• Ability to work remotely and learn new methods.

Responsibilities

• Design structured evaluation scenarios based on real-world tasks.
• Define the golden path and acceptable agent behavior.
• Annotate task steps, outputs, and edge cases.
• Collaborate with developers to test scenarios and improve clarity.
• Review agent outputs and adapt tests accordingly.

Skills

Advanced English (C1+)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/SE/DS/AI/ML/NLP or related field

Job description

This opportunity is only for candidates currently residing in the specified country. Your location may affect eligibility and rates.

At Mindrift, innovation meets opportunity. We believe in using the power of collective intelligence to ethically shape the future of AI.

What we do

The Mindrift platform connects specialists with AI projects from major tech innovators. Our mission is to unlock the potential of Generative AI by tapping into real-world expertise from across the globe.

About the Role

We’re looking for someone who can design realistic and structured evaluation scenarios for LLM-based agents. You’ll create test cases that simulate human-performed tasks and define gold-standard behavior to compare agent actions against. You’ll work to ensure each scenario is clearly defined, well-scored, and easy to execute and reuse. You’ll need a sharp analytical mindset, attention to detail, and an interest in how AI agents make decisions.

Although every project is unique, you might typically:

• Designing structured test scenarios based on real-world tasks
• Defining the golden path and acceptable agent behavior
• Annotating task steps, expected outputs, and edge cases
• Working with devs to test your scenarios and improve clarity
• Reviewing agent outputs and adapting tests accordingly

• You have, or are currently pursuing, a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science / Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics / Natural Language Processing (NLP), Information Systems or other related fields.
• Your level of English is advanced (C1) or above.
• You are ready to learn new methods, able to switch between tasks and topics quickly and sometimes work with challenging, complex guidelines.
• Our freelance role is fully remote so, you just need a laptop, internet connection, time available and enthusiasm to take on a challenge.

Why this freelance opportunity might be a great fit for you?

• Get paid for your expertise, with rates that can go up to $30/hour depending on your skills, experience, and project needs.
• Take part in a part-time, remote, freelance project that fits around your primary professional or academic commitments.
• Work on advanced AI projects and gain valuable experience that enhances your portfolio.
• Influence how future AI models understand and communicate in your field of expertise.