Remote Applied AI Research Scientist – ML & Analytics

Synthires; United States; Remote; USD 338,000 - 386,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Synthires is seeking skilled Applied Scientists to contribute to a data-driven project focused on advanced analytics, statistical analysis, and experimentation. You will apply Python, machine learning, and applied statistics to help train and evaluate next-generation AI systems in a fully remote contractor role.

You will design analyses, build and validate models, manage data transformations with Python, and document methods and results.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python for data analysis, statistical computing and ML.
• Experience with Pandas and familiarity with ML libraries such as scikit-learn.
• Demonstrated knowledge of applied statistics, experimental design and ML.
• Experience developing, tuning and evaluating ML models in practical settings.
• Strong data modeling skills with structured and unstructured data.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct statistical analyses to uncover actionable insights from complex datasets.
• Develop, validate, tune, and evaluate ML models for business and research objectives.
• Apply data modeling techniques and manage large-scale data transformations using Python and Pandas.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to establish experimentation frameworks and analyze results.
• Document methodologies, findings, and recommendations through clear, precise analytical reports.
• Review peer contributions and provide constructive, high-quality feedback.
• Deliver reproducible code and well-organized analytical reports.
• Evaluate AI-generated outputs involving statistics, ML, experimentation, and quantitative reasoning.
• Create expert-level prompts, datasets, and reference solutions.
• Identify flawed methodologies, statistical errors, and weaknesses in quantitative reasoning.
• Provide structured feedback to improve AI model performance and capabilities.

Skills

Python

Pandas

scikit-learn

Applied statistics

Experimental design

Tools

Jupyter

Git

Job description

Synthires is seeking skilled Applied Scientists to contribute to a data-driven project focused on advanced analytics, statistical analysis, and experimentation. You will apply Python, machine learning, and applied statistics to help train and evaluate next-generation AI systems in a fully remote contractor role.

You will design analyses, build and validate models, manage data transformations with Python, and document methods and results.