Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

This is an hourly contract role for a Machine Learning Engineer supporting the evaluation of advanced machine learning systems for a leading AI research initiative. The position focuses on transforming real-world ML engineering workflows into structured evaluation benchmarks for frontier AI models.

About the Role

This role is ideal for experienced ML engineers or applied researchers who enjoy deep technical reasoning, experimentation, and system-level thinking. You will directly contribute to evaluating cutting-edge AI systems on practical machine learning engineering tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and write detailed evaluation suites for ML tasks
• Translate applied ML research into structured benchmarks
• Evaluate AI-generated solutions in training and debugging
• Reason about system design choices, tradeoffs, and performance
• Produce clear, technically precise written assessments

Ideal Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in machine learning engineering or applied ML research
• Hands-on experience with model development, experimentation, and evaluation
• Background in ML research in an industry lab or academic setting
• Strong understanding of ML system design and optimization tradeoffs
• Excellent written communication skills and high attention to technical detail

More About the Opportunity

• Fully remote, asynchronous work on your own schedule
• Project-based engagement with potential extensions
• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
• Independent contractor classification
• No access to confidential or proprietary data

Key skills/competency

• Machine Learning
• Evaluation
• Benchmarking
• Research
• System Design
• Optimization
• Experimentation
• Model Development
• Debugging
• Technical Writing