micro1Verified
Posted 1d ago
Equity & Credit Research Expert
Remotecontract
Financial AnalysisEquity Research+17 more
$90–120/hr
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AI Jobs for STEM researchers and PhDs
204 live roles for STEM researchers and PhDs, from 8 sources. Median advertised pay $85/hr.
Live roles
204
190 role families
Median
$85/hr
173 USD hourly
Remote
100%
of this set
Platforms
8
with live roles
Popular categories:AI Training142Machine Learning & AI103Science & Research46Data Science & Analytics25Market Research & Insights24Other22
81 of 204 listings do not publish country eligibility. A role that fits your profession is not automatically open in your country.
Filtered view. The clean page is canonical and indexed; filtered URLs are noindex. Showing 30 of 204 roles, 100% remote.
Filtered roles
30 listings in 30 role families
Showing 1–30 of 30 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
micro1Verified
Posted 7d ago
Member of Technical Staff, Cortex Lab (applied AI research)
Remotefull-time
AI Agent Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & Research Engineering+2 more
$100–130/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 8d ago
Member of Technical Staff, Realm Lab (frontier AI research)
Remotefull-time
LLM Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & ML Engineering+2 more
$100–130/hr
View job
TuringVerified
Posted 9d ago
Equity Research Analyst
Remotecontract
Equity ResearchFinancial Modeling+14 more
$100/hr
View job
MercorVerified
Posted 11d ago
Remote Survey Research Expert for AI Evaluation
Remotehourly
Survey ResearchMarket Research+23 more
$120/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 13d ago
Market Research & Insights Experts
Remotehourly
Market ResearchConsumer Insights+13 more
$120/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 15d ago
Mathematics Domain Expert
Remotehourly
MathematicsReal Analysis+15 more
$90–140/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 16d ago
Physics Domain Expert
Remotehourly
PhysicsAstrophysics+11 more
$90–140/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 16d ago
Biology & Life Sciences Domain Expert
Remotehourly
BiochemistryMolecular Biology+16 more
$90–140/hr
View job
BraintrustVerified
Posted 19d ago
STEM PhD Expert for AI Reasoning & Evaluation
Remotecontract
Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence+10 more
$50–150/hr
View job
Handshake AIVerified
Posted 24d ago
Legal Professionals - Remote AI Research Fellowship
RemotePart-Time
LawyerParalegal+10 more
Up to $150/hr
View jobHandshake AIVerified
Posted 25d ago
Video Editors - Remote AI Research Project
RemotePart-Time
OpenshotShotcut+8 more
$125/hr
View jobHandshake AIVerified
Posted 26d ago
ParaView Specialist - Remote AI Research
RemotePart-Time
ParaviewScientific Visualization+11 more
Up to $125/hr
View jobHandshake AIVerified
Posted 28d ago
Quantitative Finance Researcher
RemotePart-Time
Quantitative FinanceMathematical Finance+11 more
$75–150/hr
View jobHandshake AIVerified
Posted 28d ago
Physics and Engineering AI Evaluation Expert
RemotePart-Time
PhysicsEngineering+10 more
Up to $100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 29d ago
Aerodynamics Expert (MSc. or PhD)
Remotecontract
PythonAerodynamics
$80–120/hr
View job
AfterQueryVerified
Posted 30d ago
Computational Mathematics Researcher (Task Author)
Remote
PythonNumerical Analysis+17 more
$100/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 1mo ago
Computational Engineering Researcher (Task Author)
Remote
PythonFinite Element Method+10 more
$100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Principal Research Scientist (Computer Science / Computational Physics)
Remotecontract
Novelty JudgmentResearch Direction+2 more
$100–400/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Research Scientist - Computer Science & Computational Physics
Remotecontract
Computational RigorComplex Problem Solving Research+1 more
$100–400/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 1mo ago
Research Scientist - Formal Methods
Remote
Formal MethodsLean+15 more
$135/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 2mo ago
Undergraduate AI Evaluation Researcher
Remote
Data AnnotationData Labeling+13 more
$100/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 2mo ago
Biotechnology Expert - AI Training
Remotepart-time
BiotechnologyBioprocess+18 more
$110–125/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 2mo ago
Machine Learning Research Expert
Remote
PythonPyTorch+14 more
$115/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 2mo ago
ML Inference & GPU Kernel Research Engineer
Remote
Machine LearningGpu Kernels+14 more
$135/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 2mo ago
Senior Domain Expert - AI Research Evaluation
Remote
Software EngineeringSystems Engineering+28 more
$135/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 2mo ago
ML Research Expert - Benchmark Authoring
Remote
Machine LearningDeep Learning+18 more
$150/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 3mo ago
LLM Research Scientist (Pre-training & Computer Vision & Adversarial Robustness)
Remotehourly
PyTorchJax+18 more
$100–120/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 3mo ago
Statistics Expert PhD for AI Training Remote
Remotecontract
StatisticsPhd+3 more
$90–120/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 3mo ago
Director of Robotics Research
Remotefull-time
Robotics SoftwareRobotics Data+1 more
$100–120/hr
View jobShowing 1–30 of 30 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
Equity & Credit Research Expert
micro1VerifiedRemote1d agocontract
Financial AnalysisEquity ResearchCredit ResearchFinancial Modeling+15
$90–120/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Cortex Lab (applied AI research)
micro1VerifiedRemote7d agofull-time
AI Agent Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & Research EngineeringAgent Failure Analysis & ExperimentationLLM & Agentic Systems+0
$100–130/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Realm Lab (frontier AI research)
micro1VerifiedRemote8d agofull-time
LLM Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & ML EngineeringReinforcement Learning & Agentic SystemsModel Failure Analysis & Research Methodology+0
$100–130/hrView job
Equity Research Analyst
TuringVerifiedRemote9d agocontract
Equity ResearchFinancial ModelingValuationDcf Modeling+12
$100/hrView job
Remote Survey Research Expert for AI Evaluation
MercorVerifiedRemote11d agohourly
Survey ResearchMarket ResearchConsumer InsightsBehavioural Science+21
$120/hrView job
Market Research & Insights Experts
MercorVerifiedRemote13d agohourly
Market ResearchConsumer InsightsMarketing StrategySegmentation+11
$120/hrView job
Mathematics Domain Expert
MercorVerifiedRemote15d agohourly
MathematicsReal AnalysisPartial Differential EquationsAlgebra+13
$90–140/hrView job
Physics Domain Expert
MercorVerifiedRemote16d agohourly
PhysicsAstrophysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsParticle Physics+9
$90–140/hrView job
Biology & Life Sciences Domain Expert
MercorVerifiedRemote16d agohourly
BiochemistryMolecular BiologyCell BiologyGenetics+14
$90–140/hrView job
STEM PhD Expert for AI Reasoning & Evaluation
BraintrustVerifiedRemote19d agocontract
Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceAI ReasoningAI Evaluation+8
$50–150/hrView job
Legal Professionals - Remote AI Research Fellowship
Handshake AIVerifiedRemote24d agoPart-Time
LawyerParalegalLegal AssistantJudicial Law Clerk+8
Up to $150/hrView job
Video Editors - Remote AI Research Project
Handshake AIVerifiedRemote25d agoPart-Time
OpenshotShotcutVideo EditingNon Linear Editing+6
$125/hrView job
ParaView Specialist - Remote AI Research
Handshake AIVerifiedRemote26d agoPart-Time
ParaviewScientific VisualizationFluid Dynamics SimulationLarge Dataset Analysis+9
Up to $125/hrView job
Quantitative Finance Researcher
Handshake AIVerifiedRemote28d agoPart-Time
Quantitative FinanceMathematical FinanceFinancial EngineeringComputational Finance+9
$75–150/hrView job
Physics and Engineering AI Evaluation Expert
Handshake AIVerifiedRemote28d agoPart-Time
PhysicsEngineeringAdvanced PhysicsExperimental Methodology+8
Up to $100/hrView job
Aerodynamics Expert (MSc. or PhD)
micro1VerifiedRemote29d agocontract
PythonAerodynamics+0
$80–120/hrView job
Computational Mathematics Researcher (Task Author)
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote30d ago
PythonNumerical AnalysisScientific ComputingNumerical Linear Algebra+15
$100/hrView job
Computational Engineering Researcher (Task Author)
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote1mo ago
PythonFinite Element MethodComputational Fluid DynamicsNumerical Solvers+8
$100/hrView job
Principal Research Scientist (Computer Science / Computational Physics)
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agocontract
Novelty JudgmentResearch DirectionComputational RigorComplex Problem Solving Research+0
$100–400/hrView job
Research Scientist - Computer Science & Computational Physics
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agocontract
Computational RigorComplex Problem Solving ResearchProblem Framing+0
$100–400/hrView job
Research Scientist - Formal Methods
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote1mo ago
Formal MethodsLeanCoqTheorem Proving+13
$135/hrView job
Undergraduate AI Evaluation Researcher
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote2mo ago
Data AnnotationData LabelingAI EvaluationLarge Language Models+11
$100/hrView job
Biotechnology Expert - AI Training
MercorVerifiedRemote2mo agopart-time
BiotechnologyBioprocessTherapeutic DevelopmentAssay Development+16
$110–125/hrView job
Machine Learning Research Expert
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote2mo ago
PythonPyTorchJaxMachine Learning Research+12
$115/hrView job
ML Inference & GPU Kernel Research Engineer
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote2mo ago
Machine LearningGpu KernelsInference ServingVllm+12
$135/hrView job
Senior Domain Expert - AI Research Evaluation
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote2mo ago
Software EngineeringSystems EngineeringFormal MethodsLean+26
$135/hrView job
ML Research Expert - Benchmark Authoring
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote2mo ago
Machine LearningDeep LearningReinforcement LearningLarge Language Models+16
$150/hrView job
LLM Research Scientist (Pre-training & Computer Vision & Adversarial Robustness)
MercorVerifiedRemote3mo agohourly
PyTorchJaxTensorFlowAdversarial Training+16
$100–120/hrView job
Statistics Expert PhD for AI Training Remote
micro1VerifiedRemote3mo agocontract
StatisticsPhdStatistical ApproachAdvanced Data Analysis+1
$90–120/hrView job
Director of Robotics Research
micro1VerifiedRemote3mo agofull-time
Robotics SoftwareRobotics DataRobotics Research+0
$100–120/hrView job
Pay distribution
- Under $250
- $25–$490
- $50–$990
- $100–$14926
- $150+4
USD hourly midpoints, anomalies excluded. Advertised pay, not earnings.
Top skills
- ai evaluation
- technical writing
- llm evaluation
- data annotation
- large language models
- model evaluation
- research
- Python
- statistics
- benchmark design
How these numbers are calculated
NearSkill lists 204 live roles for STEM researchers and PhDs, grouped into 190 role families. Of the 173 USD hourly listings, the median advertised rate is $85/hr. The middle 50% sits between $50 and $100/hr, and the full posted range is $7 to $250/hr. These are advertised rates, not earnings.
The largest sources in this set are micro1 (59), AfterQuery (40), Handshake AI (31), Mercor (24). The skills that appear most often are python, ai evaluation, llm evaluation, technical writing, english. 100% of this set is remote.
Eligibility is mixed: 64 listings publish country eligibility explicitly, 0 imply it in the description, 81 do not state it. 59 listings are marked worldwide. Missing eligibility is treated as unknown, not as worldwide.
Figures were computed from the live job feed on November 15, 2026. Counts and pay move as listings are added or closed. NearSkill does not estimate missing pay, and non-USD rates are excluded from the USD medians rather than converted.
Questions, answered
How many roles are live for STEM researchers and PhDs?
204 active listings on November 15, 2026, grouped into 190 role families. Near-identical language or region variants are grouped so one employer cannot fill the list.
What is the median advertised pay?
$85/hr from 173 USD hourly listings. The middle 50% runs from $50 to $100/hr. It is advertised pay, not earnings, and missing pay is not estimated.
Which platforms have the most roles?
micro1 leads with 59 listings, followed by AfterQuery (40), Handshake AI (31), Mercor (24).
Are these roles remote?
100% of this set is remote. Remote describes the work arrangement; it does not guarantee that the employer accepts applicants from every country.
How is country eligibility determined?
Eligibility comes from the listing's country field when it is present, or from explicit eligibility language in the description. 81 listings in this set do not state it, and those are treated as unknown rather than worldwide.