Remote Part-Time Data Scientist for AI Research

Handshake AI Fellowship; United States; Remote; USD 41,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Handshake AI Fellowship is seeking experienced data scientists for flexible, part-time contract work focused on AI research. You will apply hands-on modeling and statistical analysis to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that improves AI reasoning like a practicing data scientist.

This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role, with no fixed schedule and the ability to work remotely from the United States.

Qualifications

• 1 year of professional data science experience at a top company with hands-on work.
• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, or related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in ML, statistical modeling, or data analysis at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design expert-level data science problems grounded in real modeling and experimentation.
• Review AI-generated responses for technical accuracy and practical feasibility.
• Provide structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance.
• Work on tasks at your own pace with no set schedule or minimum hours.

Skills

Data science problem design

Model evaluation

Statistical analysis

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelors in Data Science or related

Tools

Python

Jupyter

ML frameworks

Job description

Handshake AI Fellowship is seeking experienced data scientists for flexible, part-time contract work focused on AI research. You will apply hands-on modeling and statistical analysis to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that improves AI reasoning like a practicing data scientist.

This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role, with no fixed schedule and the ability to work remotely from the United States.