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) (Malappuram)
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