ML Research Expert — Published First Author (Benchmark Authoring)

Position:

ML Research Expert — Published First Author (Benchmark Authoring)

Type:

Contract

Compensation:

$140–$150/hour

Location:

Remote

About the Chance
AfterQuery is seeking experienced

Machine Learning Research Experts with published first-author research

to design and validate benchmark tasks that measure what frontier AI models can actually accomplish across machine learning.
This opportunity is intended for researchers who

write ML code, conduct experiments, and publish research results , rather than candidates with annotation or data-labeling experience. Selected contributors will develop realistic research tasks, expert-level reference solutions, and grading rubrics within their areas of deep technical expertise.
The work spans a broad range of machine learning and AI research domains, including

language models, deep learning, reinforcement learning, computer vision, robotics, ML systems, optimization and theory, causal reasoning, trustworthy learning, and AI for science .




Responsibilities
Design realistic and technically rigorous

machine learning research tasks and problem sets

within your area of expertise.
Develop benchmark challenges that assess the ability of AI models to solve authentic ML research problems.
Author expert-level

reference solutions

for assigned research tasks.
Develop detailed

grading rubrics

that enable consistent evaluation of model performance.
Apply hands-on machine learning research experience when designing and validating benchmark content.
Ensure tasks are technically accurate, challenging, reproducible, and relevant to real ML research workflows.
Validate research tasks and solutions against appropriate technical and methodological standards.
Required Qualifications
At least

one first-author research paper

in machine learning or a closely related field.
Master's or PhD degree

in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics

📌 AI & Machine Learning Researcher (Remote | $140–$150/hr) (Mumbai)
🏢 Synthires
📍 Mumbai