Mindrift

CivilEngineer&PythonExpert-FreelanceAITrainer

Remote PART TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Civil Engineer & Python Expert - Freelance AI Trainer at Mindrift. Skills: Civil Engineering, Python, AI Training, Specialized tools. Design computational engineering problems. Write Python reference solution”

What You'll Achieve.

Design task for AI model; Achieve 10-30% pass rate; Ensure task quality

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Problem design; Problem tuning; Troubleshooting simulations

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

2+ years research, applied, or teaching, Python proficiency, Scriptable civil engineering package, Written English (C1+)

Nice to Have

Degree in Civil Engineering, Fluency with OpenSeesPy, Fluency with CalculiX, Fluency with YADE, Fluency with bempp-cl, Willingness to learn civil engineering package, Ability to design problems

What You'll Do.

Design computational engineering problems

Write Python reference solution

Supply geometry definitions

Decide numerical answer

Test problem against model

Tune problem difficulty

Tighten boundary conditions

Analyze simulation stalls

Analyze solver convergence

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Senior reviewer feedback; Subfield review

Communication Scope

English proficiency indication

Full Job Description

_**Please submit your CV in English and indicate your level of English proficiency.**_ Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. **Participation is project-based, not permanent employment.** **What this opportunity involves** You design computational engineering problems to challenge a frontier AI model. The problem must have an answer verifiable by code, and the problem has to require a specialized tool like OpenSeesPy, CalculiX, YADE, bempp-cl, or others. Generic numerical libraries on their own won't cut it. Each problem runs inside a sealed Linux container with the tool pre-installed and a programmatic judge that grades the model's answer. As an expert author, you: • Pick an anchor tool and design a problem that hinges on its solvers, simulation kernels, or domain-specific models. • Write a Python reference solution, supply input files and geometry definitions where needed. • Decide the numerical answer and how close the model needs to get — with a domain-appropriate tolerance — to count as right. • Test the problem against the model in batches of parallel attempts, tuning the problem difficulty until the agent only succeeds in a small number of attempts. • Once you're happy with the task, and it scores within range, the task goes to a senior reviewer in your subfield. They will provide feedback to ensure task quality is high. Calibration requires patience. You're tuning the problem against batches of parallel runs of the agent, aiming for a pass rate in the 10–30% band. Reaching that means rewriting load cases, tightening boundary conditions, and watching how the agents act. You'll learn how these agents cut corners, where a simulation stalls, where a solver converges. This time compounds in two directions. You come out of each task with deeper command of the anchor tool itself, and also get a hands-on working intuition for how a frontier model navigate

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