E-commerce Simulation Expert | $40-$50/hr Remote
Overview
In this role, you’ll use your deep e-commerce knowledge to help train cutting-edge AI systems. You’ll design realistic digital stores and shopping scenarios to improve how AI understands and simulates consumer behavior. No AI experience needed – your domain expertise is the key ingredient.
What You'll Do6
- 1Create synthetic online stores with authentic product selections, pricing, and logical category hierarchies.
- 2Develop and maintain detailed product catalogs that reflect real-world complexity and consistency.
- 3Craft a wide range of shopping prompts and user scenarios, covering different buyer intents and unusual edge cases.
- 4Build evaluation criteria and perform thorough quality checks to measure AI responses for correctness and relevance.
- 5Analyze model performance over time, spot recurring errors, and refine data sets or scenarios to boost accuracy.
- 6Work closely with AI and data science teams to turn your retail know-how into structured training data.
Requirements5
- 1At least three years of hands-on experience in e-commerce operations, merchandising, or catalog management.
- 2Proven ability to structure product catalogs, normalize data, and create content for online retail platforms.
- 3Strong analytical skills and a meticulous quality assurance mindset when designing scenarios and handling data.
- 4Solid understanding of consumer shopping behavior and what drives their decisions online.
- 5Excellent written and verbal communication, able to explain complex ideas clearly.
Who Should Apply
This role is perfect for an e-commerce specialist who wants to apply their real-world retail knowledge to the frontier of AI development. You enjoy creating structured data, testing edge cases, and improving systems through iterative feedback. If you're detail-oriented, analytical, and curious about how AI learns, you'll thrive here.
Salary Insight
$40-$50 per hour, fully remote contract position.
Required Skills
Application Tip
When applying, highlight specific examples of e-commerce catalogs or merchandising projects you've built from scratch. Mention any experience you have with AI prompting or evaluation—even informal projects—since your domain expertise is the focus.
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