Remote Quantitative ML & Competitive Data Science Specialist, Frontier Model Training — Applied Systems & Research

ActiveHired is expanding its remote specialist bench with a Remote Quantitative ML & Competitive Data Science Specialist, Frontier Model Training — Applied Systems & Research at $60 - $120/hour. Contributors work asynchronously from home across major English-speaking countries, translating real-world workflows in ML Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, Coding into high-signal training examples and multi-step evaluation criteria for enterprise AI models.

Primary Responsibilities

• Document task requirements, solution reasoning, and verification steps clearly.
• Demonstrated experience in data science, ML, quantitative modeling, or relevant research competitions. (Kaggle, DrivenData, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving ability and a clear understanding of the methods you use.
• Build reproducible environments, prepare relevant data and dependencies, and implement reference solutions.
• Develop tests and evaluation criteria that reliably distinguish correct solutions from incomplete or flawed approaches.
• Run coding agents against tasks, investigate their failures, and refine the tasks based on observed behavior.
• Identify implementation errors, flawed assumptions, data leakage, and other issues that affect correctness.

Skills & Experience Needed

• Available Openings: 50 open positions
• Core Competencies: ML Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, Coding
• Practical programming ability sufficient to implement and verify your own solutions.
• Relevant competition platforms include Kaggle, DrivenData, Zindi, AIcrowd, Numerai, DataSource.ai, and CodaLab/Codabench.
• Strong coding experience, particularly in Python, including testing, debugging, and working with unfamiliar code
• Compensation Band: $60 - $120/hour
• Work Location: Remote (100% Remote / Asynchronous Flexibility)

Remuneration & Remote Setup

• Compensation Rate: $60 - $120/hour (contract specialist remuneration)
• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote / Work From Home
• Eligible Remote Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Core Competencies: ML Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, Coding
• Hiring Agency: ActiveHired

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