General Postdoctoral Researcher (Masters/PhDs)
Summary: The General Postdoctoral Researcher role is designed for Masters and PhD holders to engage in high-level AI research, focusing on complex problem-solving that enhances AI reasoning capabilities. This fully remote position allows researchers to apply their expertise in a flexible work environment while collaborating with leading AI research labs. Candidates will be responsible for designing rigorous problems, evaluating AI outputs, and ensuring academic rigor in their deliverables. The role offers meaningful work that aligns with the researchers' existing commitments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and solve advanced, multi-disciplinary problems with real-world relevance that challenge and improve AI reasoning capabilities.
- Apply domain expertise to craft complex problem statements and evaluate AI outputs with rigorous academic standards.
- Review and assess AI-generated solutions across technical and scientific domains for accuracy, depth, and logical soundness.
- Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers and fellow domain experts to iteratively improve model performance.
- Ensure academic rigor, intellectual clarity, and depth across every deliverable produced.
Key Skills:
- Holder of a Master's or PhD in a STEM or highly technical field from a top-tier university.
- Experienced researcher with a track record of publications, complex project work, or advanced independent research.
- Clear, precise communicator — able to articulate complex ideas in writing with accuracy and structure.
- Self-directed and comfortable working autonomously within an asynchronous, remote environment.
- Genuinely curious and intellectually engaged — cares about getting things right.
- Prior experience with data annotation, evaluation systems, or AI model quality assessment (nice to have).
- Proficiency in Python, R, or other research-oriented programming languages (nice to have).
- Familiarity with AI tools, language model evaluation, or prompt design (nice to have).
- Cross-disciplinary research experience spanning multiple technical fields (nice to have).
Salary (Rate): £75.00 hourly
City: Cambridge
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
General Postdoctoral Researcher (Masters/PhDs) - AI Training
About The Role
What if your years of research, your hard-won expertise, and your ability to think through complex problems could directly shape the AI systems that millions of people will rely on? We're looking for postdoctoral researchers, PhD holders, and Masters-level academics to work alongside leading AI research labs — designing rigorous, high-complexity problems that push AI reasoning to its limits. This isn't data entry. This is expert-level intellectual work that puts your domain knowledge at the center of something genuinely important. Fully remote, asynchronously structured, and flexible enough to fit around your existing commitments — this role is built for researchers who want meaningful, well-compensated work on their own terms.
Organization: Alignerr
Type: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
- Design and solve advanced, multi-disciplinary problems with real-world relevance that challenge and improve AI reasoning capabilities
- Apply your domain expertise to craft complex problem statements and evaluate AI outputs with rigorous academic standards
- Review and assess AI-generated solutions across technical and scientific domains for accuracy, depth, and logical soundness
- Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers and fellow domain experts to iteratively improve model performance
- Ensure academic rigor, intellectual clarity, and depth across every deliverable you produce
Who You Are
- Holder of a Master's or PhD in a STEM or highly technical field from a top-tier university
- Experienced researcher with a track record of publications, complex project work, or advanced independent research
- A clear, precise communicator — able to articulate complex ideas in writing with accuracy and structure
- Self-directed and comfortable working autonomously within an asynchronous, remote environment
- Genuinely curious and intellectually engaged — you care about getting things right
Nice to Have
- Prior experience with data annotation, evaluation systems, or AI model quality assessment
- Proficiency in Python, R, or other research-oriented programming languages
- Familiarity with AI tools, language model evaluation, or prompt design
- Cross-disciplinary research experience spanning multiple technical fields
Why Join Us
- Work directly with cutting-edge AI research labs on problems that matter
- Fully remote and asynchronous — structure your hours around your life, not the other way around
- Freelance autonomy paired with intellectually stimulating, task-based work
- Make a direct, meaningful contribution to how AI reasons through the world's hardest problems
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch
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