Domain Expert- Sports
Turing • Remote
Education
Master
Type
Hourly
Pay
$30-70/hr est.
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About this role
From the Turing listing
About Turing:Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. Turing supports customers in two ways: first, by accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, plus top AI researchers who specialize in coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents; and second, by applying that expertise to help enterprises transform AI from proof of concept into proprietary intelligence with systems that perform reliably, deliver measurable impact, and drive lasting results on the P&L.
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly qualified Sports Domain Expert to evaluate and improve Large Language Models (LLMs). You will design challenging prompts, assess factual accuracy and reasoning, and identify knowledge gaps within global sports, leagues, athletes, tournaments, rules, statistics, analytics.
Key Responsibilities
- Create advanced prompts covering global sports, leagues, athletes, tournaments, rules, statistics, analytics.
- Evaluate AI-generated responses for factual accuracy, reasoning quality, completeness, and nuance.
- Identify hallucinations, logical inconsistencies, outdated information, and edge cases.
- Develop benchmark datasets and adversarial test cases.
- Provide evidence-based feedback with reliable references.
- Collaborate with AI researchers to improve model performance.
- Maintain high annotation quality and documentation.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree or higher in any field; degrees in Sports Management, Sports Science, Journalism, Communications, Media Studies, or other sports-related disciplines are preferred.
- Strong knowledge of sports, including familiarity with major leagues, teams, athletes, tournaments, rules, statistics, and key developments across one or more sports.
- 3+ years of relevant professional experience, preferably in sports journalism, sports media, sports content, research, analysis, reporting, or a related field.
- Excellent written English, research, and analytical skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to assess sports-related information accurately.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with LLMs, Generative AI, prompt engineering, or AI evaluation.
- Published research, industry recognition, or teaching experience is a plus.
- Ability to work independently and provide objective, evidence-backed reviews.
Offer Details
- Commitments Required: 40 hours per week with at least 4 hours PST overlap
- Employment type : Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)
- Duration of contract : 8 weeks.
Application Process
- Complete the assessment shared with you.
- Our team will evaluate your submission.
- Selected candidates will be contacted regarding the next steps.
Requirements
- Business Analysis
How long hiring takes
Across the platforms we list, people typically hear back about a hire within about 25 days of applying.
Why this role
This Sports Domain Expert role covers evaluating AI-generated answers on sports history, rules, and statistics for factual accuracy, catching errors that a casual fan would miss. It's one of Turing's subject-area review roles built around real depth in a single domain.
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Do I need to be a software engineer to work for Turing?
No, not anymore. Turing built its name matching senior engineers with Silicon Valley companies, but it has since expanded into AGI infrastructure work and now hires non-engineering domain experts, technical writers, and researchers for post-training data annotation and RLHF. A strong analytical background and excellent English matter more than coding ability.
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Can I choose my own hours?
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What does Generalist work look like for a Domain Expert- Sports?
You check AI answers to Generalist questions, correct their errors and write expert reasoning. As a Domain Expert- Sports, you're hired for that judgment, so hands-on Generalist experience matters.
What specific skills does this listing call for?
Business Analysis and English are named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with these, expect the screening to test for them.
How much does this specific role pay?
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