Masters or PhD Researcher
Posted Today by Alignerr
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Masters & PhD Researcher (AI Training) involves developing and evaluating complex problems to enhance AI reasoning capabilities. This fully remote position is designed for researchers with advanced academic backgrounds who are eager to tackle challenging, real-world issues in AI. Candidates will collaborate with experts and ensure high-quality deliverables while working autonomously. The role offers flexibility in hours and the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge AI projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, solve, and critically review advanced, multi-disciplinary problems with real-world relevance across STEM and other technical domains.
- Apply research expertise to construct complex problem statements that challenge and improve AI reasoning capabilities.
- Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers and domain experts to enhance model performance.
- Evaluate outputs for academic rigor, logical soundness, clarity, and depth.
- Ensure the highest standard of quality across all deliverables.
Key Skills:
- Master's or PhD in a STEM or highly technical field from a top university.
- Strong track record of research, publications, or complex technical project work.
- Ability to think rigorously and structure hard problems.
- Clear and precise written communication with exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and reliably without close supervision.
- Based in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, or New Zealand.
- Prior experience with data annotation, evaluation systems, or data quality workflows (nice to have).
- Proficiency in Python, R, or other research-oriented programming languages (nice to have).
- Familiarity with AI tools, language models, or machine learning concepts (nice to have).
Salary (Rate): £75.00 hourly
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Masters & PhD Researcher (AI Training)
About The Role
What if your years of advanced research and deep domain expertise could directly shape how the world's most powerful AI systems think and reason? We're looking for Masters and PhD-level researchers to help develop and evaluate complex, high-difficulty problems that push AI to its limits — contributing to the frontier of AI reasoning and capability. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for researchers who thrive on intellectual challenge. If you've spent years solving hard problems in a rigorous academic or professional setting, this is a rare opportunity to put that expertise to work on something that matters at scale.
Organization: Alignerr
Type: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
- Design, solve, and critically review advanced, multi-disciplinary problems with real-world relevance across STEM and other technical domains
- Apply your research expertise to construct complex problem statements that genuinely challenge and improve AI reasoning capabilities
- Collaborate asynchronously with AI researchers and domain experts to enhance model performance
- Evaluate outputs for academic rigor, logical soundness, clarity, and depth
- Ensure the highest standard of quality across all deliverables — you set the bar
Who You Are
- Hold a Master's or PhD in a STEM or highly technical field from a top university
- Have a strong track record of research, publications, or complex technical project work
- Think rigorously — you're comfortable with ambiguity and know how to structure a hard problem
- Communicate clearly and precisely in writing, with exceptional attention to detail
- Work independently and reliably without the need for close supervision
- Based in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, or New Zealand
Nice to Have
- Prior experience with data annotation, evaluation systems, or data quality workflows
- Proficiency in Python, R, or other research-oriented programming languages
- Background spanning multiple technical disciplines — breadth is a real asset here
- Familiarity with AI tools, language models, or machine learning concepts
Why Join Us
- Work directly alongside leading AI research labs on genuinely cutting-edge projects
- Fully remote and asynchronous — work when and where you do your best thinking
- Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, intellectually stimulating work
- Make a direct, lasting impact on how AI reasons through the world's hardest problems
- Training and onboarding support provided — hit the ground running from day one
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new research projects launch