Scientific Coding - Physics & Python at Turing

Scientific Coding Contractor (Physics & Python) | Freelance | Fully Remote | Worldwide

Turing is seeking a highly analytical, computationally proficient PhD-level physicist to design and solve graduate-level scientific coding problems in Python. This is a fully remote contractor role supporting cutting-edge AI research and training initiatives at one of the world's leading AI research accelerators.

About Turing

Based in San Francisco, Turing is the world's leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. Turing accelerates frontier research through high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, and top-tier AI researchers specializing in coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents.

Role Overview

You will contribute by crafting challenging, research-grade scientific problems in Computational Physics and devising elegant, accurate computational solutions using Python — directly supporting AI model training and evaluation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop original, research-grade or graduate-level scientific problems involving scientific coding in Python
• Rigorously define problem categories, secondary tags, and assign appropriate difficulty levels
• Solve formulated problems using sound scientific principles, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and logical coherence
• Participate in two-tier peer reviews, evaluating both problems and solutions for quality and correctness
• Collaborate proactively with reviewers and team leads to incorporate feedback and refine content

Required Qualifications

• PhD or current PhD Candidate in Computational Physics
• At least 1 peer-reviewed publication
• Advanced proficiency in Python for scientific computing
• Strong analytical, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Engagement Details

• Commitment: Minimum 20 hrs/week (options: 20, 30, or 40 hrs/week); at least 4 hrs/day with 4-hour overlap with PST
• Type: Contractor/Freelancer (no medical or paid leave benefits)
• Duration: 3-month contract with potential for extension based on performance
• Start Date: Expected next week

Perks

• Fully remote, flexible work environment
• Opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge AI projects with leading LLM companies
• Potential for contract extension based on performance and project needs