Retail SME (AI Training) | $60–80/hr | Remote in US
Join a leading AI lab's GenAI team as a Retail Subject Matter Expert, where your deep industry knowledge directly shapes the development of cutting-edge Large Language Models. This is a W-2 position through Cincinnatus LLC, placing you within an elite AI lab's extended workforce.
Key Responsibilities
- Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps in retail merchandising, category management, and operations reasoning.
- Design challenging, domain-relevant retail tasks and write accurate, well-reasoned solutions grounded in real-world retail practice.
- Evaluate AI model outputs against structured rubrics, providing clear written feedback on correctness, judgment, and reasoning quality.
- Develop and refine evaluation guidelines and scoring rubrics tailored to retail-specific tasks.
- Collaborate with fellow subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy across training data.
Core Qualifications
- 8+ years of dedicated professional experience in retail — including merchandising, category management, retail operations, or buying/planning — at a recognized top-tier organization (e.g., Amazon, Walmart, Target, Nike, Costco, Home Depot, or equivalent).
- Mandatory: Prior hands-on experience evaluating LLM or AI model outputs against rubrics or structured scoring criteria. Please describe this experience in your application.
- Demonstrable career progression (e.g., Category Manager → Senior Manager → Director of Merchandising).
- Availability for at least 35 hours/week during weekdays.
- Strong verbal and written communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
About Cincinnatus LLC
Cincinnatus LLC is an enterprise staffing company partnering with leading technology firms to place highly skilled professionals in high-impact contract roles. Cincinnatus serves as the employer of record, providing W-2 employment, payroll, benefits, and compliance support.
Cincinnatus LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
