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
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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81 of 204 listings do not publish country eligibility.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 17 of 204 roles, 100% remote.
Filtered roles
17 listings in 16 role families
Showing 1–16 of 16 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
micro1Verified
Posted 7d ago
Member of Technical Staff, Coding Agent Research & Evaluations
Remotefull-time
Coding Agent Evaluation & Benchmark DesignSoftware Engineering & Python+2 more
$8–9/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 jobmicro1Verified
Posted 8d ago
Member of Technical Staff, Robotics & Embodied AI Research
Remotefull-time
Robot Learning & Embodied AIRobotics Simulation & Sim To Real Transfer+2 more
$20–50/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 8d ago
Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineering
Remotefull-time
Reinforcement LearningML Oriented Data Design+2 more
$7–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 18d ago
Member of Technical Staff, Model Training (applied research)
Remotefull-time
Model Training & AdaptationMultimodal AI+3 more
$7–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 25d ago
Domain Researcher, Finance (M&A)
Remotefull-time
Financial ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$6–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Legal Research MTS - AI Evaluation
Remotefull-time
Legal ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$7–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Medical Research Technical Staff
Remotefull-time
Medical/health ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$7–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Finance Research Technical Staff
Remotefull-time
Financial ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$6–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Research Engineer, Reinforcement Learning
Remotefull-time
Reinforcement LearningML Oriented Data Design+2 more
$7–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Research Marketing Lead / Head of PR – Remote
Remotefull-time
Research QaGtm Strategy+2 more
$7–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
VP of Robotics Research - Remote Full-Time
Remotefull-time
Robotics SoftwareRobotics Data+1 more
$100–120/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 2mo ago
Coding Research Technical Staff
Remotefull-time
LlmsCoding Evaluation+2 more
$8–9/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 2mo ago
Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Research
Remotefull-time
Robotics DataRobot Perception+2 more
$20–50/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 3mo ago
Director of Robotics Research
Remotefull-time
Robotics SoftwareRobotics Data+1 more
$100–120/hr
View jobShowing 1–16 of 16 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
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, Coding Agent Research & Evaluations
micro1VerifiedRemote7d agofull-time
Coding Agent Evaluation & Benchmark DesignSoftware Engineering & PythonLLM & Agentic SystemsModel Failure Analysis & Experimentation+0
$8–9/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
Member of Technical Staff, Robotics & Embodied AI Research
micro1VerifiedRemote8d agofull-time
Robot Learning & Embodied AIRobotics Simulation & Sim To Real TransferPython & Robotics Research EngineeringRobotics Data & Evaluation Design+0
$20–50/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineering
micro1VerifiedRemote8d agofull-time
Reinforcement LearningML Oriented Data DesignRl EnvironmentsRl Workflows+0
$7–8/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Model Training (applied research)
micro1VerifiedRemote18d agofull-time
Model Training & AdaptationMultimodal AIRobotics & Agent LearningApplied ML Evaluation+1
$7–8/hrView job
Domain Researcher, Finance (M&A)
micro1VerifiedRemote25d agofull-time
Financial ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Finance Workflows+0
$6–8/hrView job
Legal Research MTS - AI Evaluation
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agofull-time
Legal ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Legal Workflows+0
$7–8/hrView job
Medical Research Technical Staff
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agofull-time
Medical/health ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Medical Workflows+0
$7–8/hrView job
Finance Research Technical Staff
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agofull-time
Financial ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Finance Workflows+0
$6–8/hrView job
Research Engineer, Reinforcement Learning
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agofull-time
Reinforcement LearningML Oriented Data DesignRl EnvironmentsRl Workflows+0
$7–8/hrView job
Research Marketing Lead / Head of PR – Remote
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agofull-time
Research QaGtm StrategyTechnical MarketingIndustry Partnerships+0
$7–8/hrView job
VP of Robotics Research - Remote Full-Time
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agofull-time
Robotics SoftwareRobotics DataRobotics Research+0
$100–120/hrView job
Coding Research Technical Staff
micro1VerifiedRemote2mo agofull-time
LlmsCoding EvaluationAI EvaluationML Systems+0
$8–9/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Research
micro1VerifiedRemote2mo agofull-time
Robotics DataRobot PerceptionSchema DesignRobotics R&d+0
$20–50/hrView job
Director of Robotics Research
micro1VerifiedRemote3mo agofull-time
Robotics SoftwareRobotics DataRobotics Research+0
$100–120/hrView job
Pay distribution
- Under $250
- $25–$492
- $50–$990
- $100–$1494
- $150+0
USD hourly midpoints, anomalies excluded. Advertised pay, not earnings.
Top skills
- Enterprise AI
- Benchmarking
- Robotics Data
- LLM & Agentic Systems
- Reinforcement Learning
- ML-Oriented Data Design
- RL Environments
- RL Workflows
- Financial Research
- Agentic Finance Workflows
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.