The work
This remote contractor role applies operational law expertise to the training and evaluation of AI systems. Day to day, contributors author and categorize difficult boundary cases, render documented judgments on ambiguous scenarios, refine the project's legal taxonomy, and assess AI responses for legal rigor, uncertainty handling, and appropriate limitations. Core issues include distinction, proportionality, precautions in attack, rules of engagement, targeting, detention, surveillance, and privacy.
Screening focus
The screening process includes profile review, an AI interview, and a survey covering professional background, AI exposure, and an approach to a brief case. Expect follow-up on specific operational settings, the authorities used, how advice was framed for commanders or decision-makers, and how competing legal interpretations were handled. Preferred experience includes JAG or equivalent operational law work, service in a command legal office or targeting cell, and familiarity with the Geneva Conventions, Additional Protocols, customary international humanitarian law, and relevant ROE frameworks. Intelligence law, cyber law, the relationship between IHL and international human rights law, AI evaluation, wargaming, and governance experience are additional assets.
Practical details
The engagement is remote and structured as contractor work. The listing does not state typical weekly hours, project duration, time-zone requirements, or whether work is fully asynchronous, so candidates should be ready to give concrete availability and clarify scheduling expectations during screening.
Pay band: $95–150/hr