Development Economist
Alignerr
Development Economist (AI Training) About the Role We're looking for development economists to help shape how AI understands global and development economics. Your expertise will directly influence the accuracy, nuance, and real-world relevance of AI systems tackling some of the world's most complex economic challenges - from poverty and inequality to growth and international development. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role where your knowledge makes a tangible difference.
- Organization
: Alignerr (Powered by Labelbox) - Type
: Hourly / Task-based Contract - Location
: Remote - Commitment
: 10-40 hours/week
- Review and evaluate development economics questions, scenarios, and explanations used in AI training
- Assess the quality of AI-generated reasoning on topics such as economic growth, inequality, poverty reduction, and global development
- Provide structured, expert feedback to improve the accuracy, depth, and contextual nuance of AI outputs
- Apply your academic or real-world experience to validate economic scenarios and policy reasoning
- Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule
- 3+ years of experience teaching, researching, or working in development economics
- Strong command of global economic issues, development theory, and data interpretation
- Able to critically evaluate written economic reasoning and identify gaps or inaccuracies
- Comfortable working with structured review tasks and providing clear written feedback
- Self-motivated and reliable when working independently
- Graduate degree in Economics or a related field
- Experience working with NGOs, international policy organizations, or field research
- Familiarity with AI systems or content evaluation workflows
- Work on cutting-edge AI projects with top research labs
- Fully remote and flexible - work on your own schedule
- Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
- Gain firsthand exposure to how advanced large language models are trained and evaluated
- Contribute to meaningful work that improves how AI reasons about global economic issues
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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