Remote Geoscience Expert for AI Scenario Evaluation

AfterQuery; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1,361,000 - 2,495,000; Full time

Job summary

AfterQuery is hiring geologists and earth scientists as contractors to author and grade geoscience and climate scenarios used in frontier AI evaluations. You will write reference answers with geological reasoning and assess model outputs for physical accuracy and uncertainty, flagging explanations that read fluent but misrepresent earth science.

Remote and async work with at least 10 hours per week; compensation is hourly and paid weekly.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in geology, earth science, or a closely related field.
• 2+ years of research, industry, or field experience in the geosciences.
• Depth in an area such as sedimentology, hydrology, geophysics, or climate science.
• Clear written English for documenting scientific reasoning.
• Able to commit at least 10 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Author realistic geoscience scenarios from field observation through interpretation
• Write reference answers with the geological reasoning behind each interpretation
• Grade model output on geoscience and climate questions for physical accuracy
• Flag explanations that read fluent but get the earth science wrong

Education

Advanced degree in geology, earth science, or a closely related field

2+ years of research, industry, or field experience in the geosciences

Tools

GIS

Remote sensing

Geospatial modeling

Job description

AfterQuery is hiring geologists and earth scientists as contractors to author and grade geoscience and climate scenarios used in frontier AI evaluations. You will write reference answers with geological reasoning and assess model outputs for physical accuracy and uncertainty, flagging explanations that read fluent but misrepresent earth science.

Remote and async work with at least 10 hours per week; compensation is hourly and paid weekly.