Web Research Specialist

Web Research Specialist

Work Mode: Remote

Location: Must be located in India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Turkey, Vietnam, USA

Experience: 3+ Years

About the Role

We are looking for experienced Web Research Specialists / Investigative Researchers to support an AI evaluation project.

This is not a content-writing or traditional research role. You will conduct deep web investigations and create challenging research problems that advanced AI browsing agents may struggle to solve.

What You'll Do

• Conduct deep open-web and investigative research.
• Find and validate information through primary sources, government databases, institutional records, archives, registries and PDFs.
• Create research questions with objectively verifiable answers and multi-step clues.
• Build detailed, auditable evidence trails with precise citations.
• Cite exact pages, tables, sections and records.
• Document searches performed and validate findings across multiple sources.
• Research unfamiliar topics independently with a high level of accuracy.

Must-Have

• 3+ years of relevant research experience
• Strong open-web research / OSINT skills
• Proven ability to locate and validate primary sources
• Excellent written English
• Strong attention to detail and documentation
• Experience with LLM evaluation, red-teaming or benchmark construction
• Background in at least one of:
• OSINT / Investigative Research
• Investigative Journalism / Fact-Checking
• KYC / Due Diligence
• Archival / Reference Research
• Patent / Prior-Art Research
• Legal Discovery
• Genealogy / Records Research
• Competitive Quizzing / Puzzle-Hunt Research

Nice to have: JSON or structured data experience.

Work Requirements

• 40 hours/week
• Minimum 4 hours PST overlap
• 8-week contractor assignment
• No medical or paid leave