Economics AI Trainer (PhD)

Weekday AI

United States Remote part_time

Posted: September 9, 2025

Quick Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as an Economics AI Trainer (PhD). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in economics and a PhD in a related field, with experience in AI model training and development. The successful candidate will be responsible for guiding research teams to close knowledge gaps in the understanding of LLMs in economics, with a focus on expanding human understanding of this field.

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Job Description

This role for one of Weekday's clients.

We are currently helping hire for one of the leading AI labs (via one of our partners); helping them train their AI models.

Have you been curious as to how LLMs generate expert answers and would you like to contribute to their development? There are a bunch of gaps in the understanding of these LLMs in certain key specialised areas (like economics). We require your help in building these models much better (and thereby expansion of human understanding of these fields).

What exactly would do?

You’d be guiding research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in economics domain.

You will be evaluating advanced economics tasks and solutions and provide clear, written feedback

Requirements:
Requirements:

🎓 Education: PhD in Economics from a top tier university

💼 Work experience: 2+ years of academic experience (research/teaching) or professional experience (scientist, engineer or researcher)

📍 Location: Must be currently based out of the US

Benefits:
Benefits

💵 Compensation: $70 to $90 per hour (avg $80 hourly rate)

🕒 Time commitment: 20 hours per week commitment (can go to ~40)

⏳ Project duration: 4-8 weeks

Flexible, remote work that will have a significant impact on the development of advanced AI models

Async work and communication

Work type: Part-time

Industry: Internet and Artificial Intelligence

You would not be employed full-time and will be paid as an independent contractor.

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