Remote History & Political Science Assessment Specialist

Obsidian; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Obsidian is seeking experts in history and political science to author and review rigorous academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify challenging questions, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

This fully remote, asynchronous role requires 10+ hours per week. You may contribute as a question author or verifier, with tasks spanning domain coverage such as national security, public policy,

Responsibilities

• Author original history and political science questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined — all necessary information must be in the problem statement
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post‑graduate and above)
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer‑reviewed journals, university repositories)
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made

Job description

Obsidian is seeking experts in history and political science to author and review rigorous academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify challenging questions, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

This fully remote, asynchronous role requires 10+ hours per week. You may contribute as a question author or verifier, with tasks spanning domain coverage such as national security, public policy,