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AI Domain Expert
Micro1 • Remote
Education
Master's
Type
Hourly
Pay Rate
$140–$200/hr
Actively Hiring
15 openings
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Role Title: AI Domain Expert Role Type: Contractor (Part Time) Location: Remote micro1 is engaging AI Domain Experts to contribute to a high-impact project that advances artificial intelligence. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.
Scope of Work
- Review and critically assess AI-generated outputs for accuracy, logic, and alignment with best practices in your field.
- Design and refine prompts that challenge AI reasoning and reflect realistic scenarios relevant to your domain.
- Deliver clear, concise, and constructive written feedback to improve AI model responses and performance.
- Evaluate and annotate data with keen attention to detail, helping to build robust datasets for model training and validation.
- Conduct quality reviews on AI outputs, documentation, and feedback provided by other experts.
- Collaborate remotely with a diverse, global community of professionals, sharing insights to foster ongoing learning and improvement.
- Uphold ethical standards in AI development through careful analysis and thoughtful critique.
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in fields such as Software Engineering, Finance, Data Science, or Legal, with a proven record of producing exceptional written work (e.g., technical documentation, investment memos, legal memoranda, research papers, or strategy presentations).
- Outstanding written English with the ability to articulate complex analyses, deliver nuanced feedback, and communicate clearly in a remote setting.
- Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical skills, with experience reviewing, critiquing, or editing high-stakes documents.
- Strong attention to detail, professional writing ability, and adaptability when facing evolving project requirements.
- Experience working independently and collaboratively within remote or distributed environments.
- Backgrounds from leading technology companies, top consulting firms, elite financial institutions, premier law firms, or world-renowned universities are highly valued but not required.
- Exposure to data annotation, prompt engineering, or AI output evaluation is an advantage, though not essential.
Requirements
- data annotation
- prompt engineering
- critical thinking
- written communication
- domain expertise
- feedback delivery
- remote collaboration
Key responsibilities
- Review and critically assess AI-generated outputs for accuracy, logic, and alignment with best practices in your field.
- Design and refine prompts that challenge AI reasoning and reflect realistic scenarios relevant to your domain.
- Deliver clear, concise, and constructive written feedback to improve AI model responses and performance.
- Evaluate and annotate data with keen attention to detail, helping to build robust datasets for model training and validation.
Why this role
Micro1's AI Domain Expert role pays $140-$200 per hour for part-time work critically reviewing AI output against subject-matter expertise in the contributor's own field. The project treats quality review and structured feedback delivery as core deliverables, alongside prompt engineering and data annotation. Ethical awareness in how AI systems are evaluated is part of what the role expects.
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What does the day-to-day workload look like for elite-expert AI training roles?
Slow and deep, not fast and repetitive. A single task can take 45-60 minutes of researching citations or verifying complex calculations. Quality is what's being measured here, not throughput.
Is AI training work the same as traditional consulting?
No. Instead of client deliverables, you're given complex scenarios to evaluate: grading the AI's logic, correcting its hallucinations, and supplying expert-level reasoning it doesn't have on its own. The job is closer to teaching than consulting.
What does Generalist work look like for an AI Domain Expert?
Tasks here are scoped to Generalist, not generic labeling. As an AI Domain Expert, expect to draw on real domain judgment (evaluating outputs, correcting errors, or providing expert reasoning specific to Generalist) rather than following a one-size-fits-all rubric. If you don't have hands-on Generalist background, this is likely not the right listing to start with.
What specific skills does this listing call for?
data annotation, prompt engineering, critical thinking, and written communication are named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with these, expect the screening process to test for them directly rather than accepting adjacent experience as a substitute.
What does the 'openings' count on this listing mean?
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How much does this specific role pay?
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