Materials Science Expert (AI Safety)

AfterQuery

$150/hr 5 countries Flexible hours Mid level

Write and review evaluation prompts that test where materials science requests cross into unsafe territory. Suits Master's-level materials specialists who can explain the reasoning behind a safety call and are Five Eyes citizens.

About the role

<p>AfterQuery is looking for materials science experts to help make AI models safer in their domain. You'll author and review evaluation tasks that test whether a model can tell a safe request from an unsafe one, and write the expert analysis behind each call: what makes a prompt acceptable, where it crosses a line, and why.</p>
<p><strong>Requirements</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Master's degree or higher in materials science, materials engineering, metallurgy, or a closely related discipline</li>
<li>Citizenship of a Five Eyes country (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand)</li>
<li>Physically located in one of those countries while doing the work</li>
<li>Able to explain the technical reasoning behind a safety judgment clearly and precisely</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Pay:</strong> $150/hr equivalent, paid at $85 per approved task. Remote, flexible, task-based.</p>

Responsibilities:

  • Author prompts and scenarios that probe the boundary between safe and unsafe requests in your field
  • Review and classify prompts written by other experts as safe or unsafe
  • Write the domain analysis behind each judgment: why a prompt is acceptable or where it crosses a line
  • Revise your work based on structured reviewer feedback

Required qualifications:

  • Citizen of a Five Eyes country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand
  • Physically located in one of those five countries while doing the work
  • Able to explain the technical reasoning behind a safety judgment clearly and precisely
  • Master's degree or higher in materials science, materials engineering, metallurgy, or a closely related discipline

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