Remote STEM PhD: AI Reasoning & Evaluation Expert

Braintrust; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Outlier is hiring PhD-level experts to help train and evaluate advanced AI models. This is remote, flexible contract work where your academic expertise directly shapes how cutting-edge models reason, answer, and improve.

You will review AI-generated content in your field, identify where the model gets things right or wrong, and help raise the quality bar on technical reasoning. Short-term engagement through June, with potential extension.

Qualifications

• PhD completed or in final stages in ML/AI, CS, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or Physics
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills to spot subtle errors in technical reasoning
• Fluent written English and ability to communicate complex ideas clearly

Responsibilities

• Assessing the factuality and relevance of domain-specific text produced by AI models
• Crafting and answering questions related to Machine Learning and AI
• Evaluating and ranking domain-specific responses generated by AI models

Job description

Outlier is hiring PhD-level experts to help train and evaluate advanced AI models. This is remote, flexible contract work where your academic expertise directly shapes how cutting-edge models reason, answer, and improve.

You will review AI-generated content in your field, identify where the model gets things right or wrong, and help raise the quality bar on technical reasoning. Short-term engagement through June, with potential extension.