Principal Data Scientist - AI Trainer
Job Description
Principal Data Scientist - AI Trainer evaluates and helps train AI models focused on quantitative reasoning.
Responsibilities
- Review AI-generated quantitative work, including statistical analysis, predictive modeling, scientific reasoning, and data-driven insights, ensuring technical accuracy and real-world validity
- Develop and solve quantitative problems for training and benchmarking AI systems across areas such as:
- Forecasting
- Experimental analysis
- Optimization
- Statistical inference
- Produce clear technical explanations and well-documented analytical code
- Deliver feedback that directly influences the next generation of AI models built for quantitative reasoning
Requirements
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in a quantitative role or research environment (examples include data science, statistics, economics, finance, physics, biology, epidemiology, operations research, or adjacent fields)
- Coding experience required, with comfort writing and reviewing analytical code end-to-end
- Practical experience with:
- Statistical methods
- Predictive modeling
- Experiment design (including A/B testing and hypothesis testing)
- Regression and classification
- Time-series forecasting
- English fluency (native or bilingual) and strong writing skills
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field is preferred (such as Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or similar); master’s or PhD is a plus
- Relevant credentials are a plus, for example: Kaggle Competition ranking, AWS/GCP ML certifications, or equivalent demonstrated expertise
Compensation and Location
- Location: Vancouver, WA (remote)
- Pay: USD 50 - 100 per hourly
Benefits
- Fully remote: work from anywhere in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand
- Flexible schedule: choose which projects you take on and when you work
- Competitive pay: projects are paid hourly, up to $60 USD per hour
- Higher-paying projects available with strong performance
- Impact: help shape AI systems built to reason about data and analytics