Masters or PhD Researcher
Posted Today by Alignerr
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Masters & PhD Researcher (AI Training) involves leveraging advanced research expertise to design and evaluate complex problems that enhance AI reasoning capabilities. This fully remote, flexible contract position is ideal for researchers seeking to apply their technical knowledge in meaningful ways beyond traditional academic settings. Candidates will collaborate with leading AI research labs while maintaining autonomy over their work schedule. The position requires a strong background in STEM fields and exceptional communication skills to convey complex ideas clearly.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and solve advanced multi-disciplinary problems that challenge and improve AI reasoning capabilities
- Apply research expertise to create complex, rigorous problem statements with real-world relevance
- Review and evaluate AI outputs for academic rigor, logical soundness, and depth
- Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers and domain experts across leading research labs
- Ensure clarity, precision, and intellectual integrity across all deliverables
- Work independently on task-based assignments fully on your own schedule
Key Skills:
- Holds a Master's or PhD in a STEM or highly technical field from a top university
- Strong track record in research, publications, or complex technical project work
- Ability to think rigorously and structure hard problems
- Exceptional clarity in writing and communication of complex ideas
- Detail-oriented and self-directed with high standards
- Based in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, or New Zealand
- Prior experience with data annotation, data quality evaluation, or AI evaluation systems (nice to have)
- Proficiency in Python, R, or other research-oriented programming languages (nice to have)
- Experience in collaborative research environments (nice to have)
- Familiarity with AI tools, language models, or machine learning concepts (nice to have)
Salary (Rate): £75.00/hr
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Masters & PhD Researcher (AI Training)
About The Role
What if your years of advanced research could directly shape how the world's most powerful AI systems think, reason, and solve problems? We're looking for Masters and PhD researchers to bring their deep domain expertise to some of the most intellectually challenging work in AI today — designing complex problems, stress-testing AI reasoning, and helping push the frontier of what AI can do. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for researchers who want to do meaningful, high-caliber work on their own schedule. If you've spent years mastering a technical field and want to put that expertise to use beyond the lab or classroom, this is the opportunity.
Organization: Alignerr
Type: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and solve advanced multi-disciplinary problems that challenge and improve AI reasoning capabilities
- Apply your research expertise to create complex, rigorous problem statements with real-world relevance
- Review and evaluate AI outputs for academic rigor, logical soundness, and depth
- Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers and domain experts across leading research labs
- Ensure clarity, precision, and intellectual integrity across all deliverables
- Work independently on task-based assignments fully on your own schedule
Who You Are
- Holds a Master's or PhD in a STEM or highly technical field from a top university
- Has a strong track record in research, publications, or complex technical project work
- Thinks rigorously — you're comfortable with ambiguity and know how to structure hard problems
- Communicates with exceptional clarity in writing — you can make complex ideas accessible without sacrificing accuracy
- Detail-oriented and self-directed, with the discipline to maintain high standards independently
- Based in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, or New Zealand
Nice to Have
- Prior experience with data annotation, data quality evaluation, or AI evaluation systems
- Proficiency in Python, R, or other research-oriented programming languages
- Experience working across disciplines or in collaborative research environments
- Familiarity with AI tools, language models, or machine learning concepts
Why Join Us
- Work directly with the world's leading AI research labs on genuinely frontier problems
- Fully remote and flexible — structure your work around your life, not the other way around
- Freelance autonomy with the intellectual depth of serious research work
- Make a tangible impact on how AI systems reason across science, technology, and beyond
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch