Machine Learning & NLP Expert

23 hours, 53 minutes ago
Part-time
Senior
Data Science and Analytics
Weekday

Weekday

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Construction & Engineering
11-50
Founded 2020

Description

  • Design challenging machine learning and natural language processing tasks across model development, NLU, NLG, information retrieval, applied ML pipelines, and transformer/LLM use cases.
  • Develop accurate reference solutions and integrate tasks into agentic development environments using Python.
  • Build executable evaluation frameworks and testing components where appropriate.
  • Evaluate AI model outputs for technical correctness, reasoning quality, and overall performance.
  • Identify capability gaps and classify model failure modes.
  • Provide detailed written analyses of model performance and evaluation results.
  • Create and refine evaluation guidelines, scoring rubrics, and quality standards for ML and NLP tasks.
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure consistency, accuracy, and high-quality training data.

Requirements

  • Deep hands-on experience in Machine Learning and/or Natural Language Processing through industry, research, or graduate/PhD-level work.
  • Strong proficiency in Python with practical experience developing ML or NLP applications.
  • Strong understanding of model training and evaluation, transformer architectures, large language models, NLP pipelines, feature engineering, and model optimization.
  • Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, or equivalent frameworks.
  • Ability to commit approximately 20 hours per week.
  • Excellent written communication skills and ability to work independently in a remote environment.
  • Experience in AI model evaluation, AI training data creation, or human-in-the-loop model assessment (preferred).
  • Familiarity with RAG, vector databases, embedding models, or multimodal AI systems (preferred).
  • Experience building benchmarking frameworks, automated evaluation pipelines, or testing infrastructure (preferred).
  • Contributions to open-source ML/NLP projects or published research are a plus.
  • Experience working with production-scale machine learning systems (preferred).
  • Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

Benefits

  • Compensation of $80-$110 per hour.
  • Fully remote work arrangement.
  • Approximately 20 hours per week.
  • Independent contractor engagement.
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise.
  • Project duration may be extended based on performance and business needs.

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