AI Research Assistant — Machine Learning & AI at Studyfetch
Beverly Hills, CA
$35–$50/hrfrom the description
Aug 18, 2026
Beverly Hills, CA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A part-time AI research assistant role at an AI-powered education platform, working roughly 15–25 hours per week alongside researchers and engineers. The position involves reading and implementing ML research papers, training and fine-tuning models, building datasets and benchmarks, and analyzing educational data. It is aimed at current or recently graduated Master's students in CS, AI, ML, or a related field who want hands-on applied research experience.
Junior level · Remote · Part-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 5,800–14,600
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,874 (middle half $87,544–$162,374). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 20, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The posting targets current or recently completed Master's students; while a Master's degree is framed as a requirement, the role explicitly accommodates those 'recently completed' and accepts equivalent demonstrated research ability, so the degree requirement is set to None rather than Masters.
PyTorch is listed as the preferred ML framework ('preferably PyTorch') within the required qualifications section; because it appears under a hard-gate heading with only a soft preference qualifier for the specific tool, it is marked required — the underlying requirement for 'at least one modern ML framework' is a hard gate.
Location is listed as '[Remote / Hybrid]' with a placeholder bracket, suggesting the copy was not finalized; the role is treated as remote-eligible given the flexible schedule language and graduate-student targeting.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) reflects that a meaningful portion of the work involves implementing and building ML systems in Python, though the primary framing is research/data science.
Posting is for a part-time engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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