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Base pay range

$100.00/hr - $120.00/hr

Position Details

Position: Data Scientist

Referral Partner: Crossing Hurdles

Type: Hourly contract

Compensation: $100-$120 per hour

Location: Remote

Duration: 3–4 weeks

Commitment: 10‑40 hours/week, flexible and asynchronous

At Crossing Hurdles, we work as a referral partner. We refer candidates to our partner that collaborates with world’s leading AI research labs to build and train cutting‑edge AI models.

Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided)

• Conduct statistical failure analysis across finance‑sector AI tasks.


• Identify patterns in AI agent performance failures across task components (e.g., prompts, rubrics, templates).


• Perform root cause analysis to determine if failures stem from task design, rubric clarity, or agent limitations.


• Analyze performance variations across finance sub‑domains, file types, and task categories.






• Create dashboards and reports highlighting failure clusters, edge cases, and areas for improvement.


• Recommend improvements to task design, rubric structure, and evaluation criteria.


• Communicate insights to data labeling experts and technical teams.

Requirements

• Solid foundation in statistical analysis, hypothesis testing, and pattern recognition.


• Proficiency in Python (pandas, scipy, matplotlib/seaborn) or R for data analysis.


• Experience with exploratory data analysis and deriving actionable insights from complex datasets.


• Familiarity with LLM evaluation methods and quality metrics.


• Comfortable working with Excel, data visualization tools (Tableau/Looker), and SQL.

Application Process (Takes 20 min)

• Upload resume.


• AI interview based on your resume (15 min).

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Research and Information Technology

Industries

IT System Data Services

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