Plant Viruses Specialist (AI Trainer)

TL;DR

Plant Viruses Specialist (AI Trainer): Evaluating and hardening large language models on complex plant pathology and virology topics with an accent on scientific accuracy, logical reasoning, and error detection. Focus on documenting failure modes in viral genome organization, transmission pathways, and molecular diagnostics to improve model performance in scientific domains.

Location: Must be based in the United States

Salary: $8–$65 per hour

Company

hirify.global is a company focused on developing high-quality training data for large-scale language models to advance scientific discovery.

What you will do

• Converse with AI models on real-world plant virology scenarios and theoretical questions.
• Verify the factual accuracy and logical soundness of model responses.
• Capture and document reproducible error traces to harden model reasoning.
• Suggest improvements to prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.
• Apply deep domain expertise in virus-host interactions and disease epidemiology to guide model training.

Requirements

• Must be based in the United States
• PhD in plant pathology, microbiology, molecular biology, or a closely related life-science field.
• Hands-on research experience or work in agricultural diagnostics.
• Ability to provide clear, metacognitive communication and show your work.
• Expertise in viral genome organization, transmission pathways, and molecular diagnostics.

Nice to have

• Peer-reviewed publications in relevant scientific fields.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible freelance project work.
• Opportunity to contribute to the development of next-generation AI for scientific research.
• Fully remote work arrangement.