About this role
OpenTrain AI
The work
You will create research-level problems that help test and train AI models. Your work will draw on practical experience with ecology, wildlife biology, fisheries science, and real population data.
You will work independently on flexible assignments and explain technical topics clearly. Contributions must be accurate, well documented, and grounded in real scientific methods.
- Write problems based on ecology, wildlife biology, fisheries science, or a related field.
- Use field survey, tagging, telemetry, fisheries catch, and age data.
- Apply your experience collecting and analyzing real population data.
- Create clear, accurate, and well-documented technical content.
What it pays and takes
- Pay: $50 per hour.
- Work arrangement: Remote contract work with no fixed weekly schedule.
- Location: Open to candidates in the countries listed for this role.
- Language: Professional fluency in English.
- Required: Hands-on experience collecting and analyzing your own real population data.
- Required: Working knowledge of Python or a similar programming language for survey or telemetry analysis.
- Required: Clear technical writing and the ability to work independently.
- Helpful: A Master's or PhD in ecology, wildlife biology, fisheries science, or a related field.
- Helpful: Multiple field seasons and experience with field surveys, mark-recapture, occupancy, or stock assessment models.
- Helpful: Strong R skills, public code, a thesis, papers showing technical work, or experience with data annotation, data labeling, or AI evaluation.
How it works
Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.
About AI training work
AI training work uses human expertise to create and review examples that help artificial intelligence produce better results. People with strong subject knowledge are needed to write challenging problems, judge model answers, and explain what makes technical work accurate.
Requirements
- Languages: English