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Machine Learning Researcher (MSc. or PhD)

  • Data & Machine Learning
  • Platform: micro1
  • Location: 58 countries

$60-120/hrAs published by the platform.

About this job

This contract role asks machine learning specialists to build and check demanding engineering tasks for an AI training project. The work spans model implementation, training and inference pipelines, numerical methods and performance tuning, mostly in Python. It suits candidates with an advanced degree and hands-on machine learning experience who work fluently with coding agents.

What you'll do

  • Develop and validate machine learning models, training pipelines and inference systems.
  • Implement model components, data pipelines, evaluation systems and numerical methods.
  • Build reproducible Python workflows driven by command-line tools.

Requirements

Machine Learning
  • Master's degree or PhD in computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, statistics, engineering or a closely related quantitative discipline

Pay

$60-120/hr

Pay as published by the platform. It is not a guarantee of income or hours.

Location

Open to residents of: Bangladesh, Hong Kong SAR China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States, Canada, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia.

How to apply

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Source

Official posting: https://jobs.micro1.ai/post/16e1c68d-4f30-431f-a0f8-aa57d4b0893e

Last checked on October 24, 2026.

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