Remote Data roles

Data work pays well and travels poorly. The roles we feature are the ones with clean pipelines, decisions that turn on the analysis, and stakeholders who can take a number on its own terms.

What we look for in Data roles

Pipelines built once and well, not patched weekly.
Stakeholders who actually read the analysis.
Tooling beyond a spreadsheet and a hope.
Pay banded to the decisions you're informing.

11 open roles

Physics Professor / Researcher (PhD)
For physics PhDs with teaching and publishing behind them: develop problems, review model outputs for scientific validity, and hold the line on pedagogical clarity. Asynchronous and remote.
- Remote — Worldwide
- Contractor
- 1 opening
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Chemistry Expert
Produce and validate experimental write-ups, fact-check equations, and explain mechanisms at whatever level the task needs. Contemporary theory and lab technique both matter here. Ten openings, $20–40/hr.
- $20–$40 / hour
- Remote — Worldwide
- Contractor
- 10 openings
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Physics Expert
Annotate data, write up problem sets, and check the physics in AI-generated explanations. Classical through modern physics, applied asynchronously and remotely. Ten openings, $20–40/hr.
- $20–$40 / hour
- Remote — Worldwide
- Contractor
- 10 openings
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Mathematics Expert
An AI-training engagement for mathematicians: review, solve, and annotate advanced problems so models reason more soundly. No AI background needed — the degree and the rigor are the point. Ten openings, $20–40/hr.
- $20–$40 / hour
- Remote — Worldwide
- Contractor
- 10 openings
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Operations Analyst (Google Workspace)
This sits in the useful middle ground between analysis and judgment. It suits someone who can spot weak data work, explain the fix plainly, and keep a remote workflow tidy.
- $63–$119 / hour
- Remote
- Contractor
- 1 opening
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Video Data Entry Specialist (LATAM)
This sits in the useful middle ground between analysis and judgment. It suits someone who can spot weak data work, explain the fix plainly, and keep a remote workflow tidy. The posted range is $6/hour.
- $6 / hour
- Remote
- Contractor
- 100 openings
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Customer Support Email Analyst
This sits in the useful middle ground between analysis and judgment. It suits someone who can spot weak data work, explain the fix plainly, and keep a remote workflow tidy. The posted range is $10-20/hour.
- $10–$20 / hour
- Remote
- Contractor
- 1 opening
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Data-Video Generalist (Europe-based)
This sits in the useful middle ground between analysis and judgment. It suits someone who can spot weak data work, explain the fix plainly, and keep a remote workflow tidy. The posted range is $13/hour.
- $13 / hour
- Remote
- Contractor
- 100 openings
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Excel Expert
This sits in the useful middle ground between analysis and judgment. It suits someone who can spot weak data work, explain the fix plainly, and keep a remote workflow tidy. The posted range is $40-55/hour.
- $40–$55 / hour
- Remote
- Contractor
- 40 openings
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Data Analyst (Excel)
This sits in the useful middle ground between analysis and judgment. It suits someone who can spot weak data work, explain the fix plainly, and keep a remote workflow tidy. The posted range is $40-55/hour.
- $40–$55 / hour
- Remote
- Contractor
- 40 openings
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Business Intelligence Consultant (Excel)
This sits in the useful middle ground between analysis and judgment. It suits someone who can spot weak data work, explain the fix plainly, and keep a remote workflow tidy. The posted range is $40-50/hour.
- $40–$50 / hour
- Remote
- Contractor
- 40 openings
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