Nutrition & Dietary Habits Expert | Contractor | Worldwide Remote
Turing is looking for experienced Nutrition & Dietary Habits Experts to help evaluate and improve AI-generated content related to nutrition, dietary habits, and healthy eating. This is a fully remote, 8-week contractor engagement supporting the development of responsible, accurate AI in the nutrition and wellness space.
About Turing
Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world's leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. Turing helps accelerate frontier research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, and top-tier AI expertise across coding, reasoning, STEM, and more.
Role Overview
In this role, you will assess AI-generated content for scientific accuracy, safety, and relevance — annotating and evaluating data related to food intake, dietary patterns, and nutritional information to support AI models focused on nutrition tracking, coaching, and research.
What You'll Do
- Annotate food items, portion sizes, meal composition, and nutrient content from text, images, or logs.
- Classify dietary patterns including macronutrient balance, meal timing, and dietary restrictions or preferences.
- Verify nutritional data accuracy against trusted references such as food composition databases.
- Identify and flag mislabeled, inconsistent, or culturally ambiguous food entries.
- Apply and help refine annotation guidelines for diverse cuisines and dietary contexts.
- Maintain consistency and quality benchmarks across large annotation batches.
Requirements
- Background in nutrition, dietetics, food science, or a related field.
- Familiarity with food composition databases and dietary assessment methods.
- Strong attention to detail, particularly with portion estimation and food categorization.
- Comfort working with annotation tools, spreadsheets, or structured data formats.
- Access to a MacBook is ideal.
Preferred Qualifications
- Registered Dietitian (RD) or equivalent credential.
- Experience annotating multilingual or multicultural food data.
- Prior experience in data labeling for ML/AI applications.
Engagement Details
- Type: Contractor/Freelancer (no medical or paid leave benefits)
- Duration: 8 weeks
- Evaluation: Shortlisting based on qualifications, followed by one interview round.
Why Work with Turing?
- Work on the cutting edge of AI development.
- Fully remote and flexible work environment.
- Gain exposure to advanced large language models and insight into how they are trained.
