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Scientific Computing / Research Engineering Expert: Earth Sciences

Worldwide

$300/task

About this role, in Turing's words

We are seeking Earth Sciences experts to develop realistic, terminal-based scientific tasks for Terminal Bench Science. You will create computational workflows involving environmental data, climate systems, atmospheric processes, geophysics, oceanography, geology, and related fields.

What you'll do

Translate authentic Earth-science workflows into self-contained terminal benchmark tasks.
Prepare geospatial, climate, atmospheric, geological, hydrological, or oceanographic datasets.
Build reproducible computational environments with appropriate scientific libraries and command-line tools.

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Create expert solutions using Python, R, Bash, Julia, or domain-specific software.
Develop tasks involving geospatial analysis, time-series processing, numerical modeling, interpolation, forecasting, remote sensing, or environmental risk analysis.
Define objective grading criteria for scientific outputs, model behavior, data transformations, and spatial or temporal accuracy.
Validate coordinate systems, units, timestamps, missing-data handling, and scientific assumptions.
Create automated tests for numerical tolerances, file formats, metadata, and reproducibility.
Debug issues involving geospatial projections, large datasets, dependencies, performance, and numerical stability.
Document input data provenance, expected outputs, edge cases, and limitations.

Candidate background

What we're looking for

Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced technical experience in Earth Sciences or a closely related field .
Strong expertise in at least one area such as climate science, atmospheric science, geophysics, oceanography, geology, hydrology, remote sensing, environmental modeling, or Earth-system science .
Strong programming skills in Python, R, Julia, Bash , or another scientific programming language.
Hands-on experience with scientific data processing, numerical modeling, geospatial analysis, environmental datasets, or time-series analysis.
Comfortable working independently in Linux/terminal-based environments .
Ability to build, debug, and validate reproducible scientific computational workflows.
Strong understanding of scientific quality control, spatial/temporal data, uncertainty, and numerical accuracy.

Nice to Have

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Research software engineering, scientific benchmarking, or automated grader development experience.
Experience evaluating AI coding/terminal agents or developing tasks and evaluations for AI systems.
Publications or open-source contributions in Earth, environmental, geospatial, or computational sciences.

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Advertised rate per task

$300/task

Weekly hours: At least 40 hrs/week
Eligibility: Worldwide
Posted: 21 Sep 2026

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JOB POSTING START
Title: Scientific Computing / Research Engineering Expert: Earth Sciences
Platform: Turing
Open to: Worldwide
Country limits: None published by the platform
Posted: 2026-09-21

Role Overview:

We are seeking Earth Sciences experts to develop realistic, terminal-based scientific tasks for Terminal Bench Science. You will create computational workflows involving environmental data, climate systems, atmospheric processes, geophysics, oceanography, geology, and related fields.

You will design tasks that require AI agents to inspect scientific datasets, process geospatial or time-series data, run models, troubleshoot pipelines, and generate objectively verifiable scientific outputs.

What you'll do:

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Translate authentic Earth-science workflows into self-contained terminal benchmark tasks.

•
Prepare geospatial, climate, atmospheric, geological, hydrological, or oceanographic datasets.

•
Build reproducible computational environments with appropriate scientific libraries and command-line tools.

•
Create expert solutions using Python, R, Bash, Julia, or domain-specific software.

•
Develop tasks involving geospatial analysis, time-series processing, numerical modeling, interpolation, forecasting, remote sensing, or environmental risk analysis.

•
Define objective grading criteria for scientific outputs, model behavior, data transformations, and spatial or temporal accuracy.

•
Validate coordinate systems, units, timestamps, missing-data handling, and scientific assumptions.

•
Create automated tests for numerical tolerances, file formats, metadata, and reproducibility.

•
Debug issues involving geospatial projections, large datasets, dependencies, performance, and numerical stability.

•
Document input data provenance, expected outputs, edge cases, and limitations.

What we're looking for:

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Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced technical experience in Earth Sciences or a closely related field .

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Strong expertise in at least one area such as climate science, atmospheric science, geophysics, oceanography, geology, hydrology, remote sensing, environmental modeling, or Earth-system science .

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Strong programming skills in Python, R, Julia, Bash , or another scientific programming language.

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Hands-on experience with scientific data processing, numerical modeling, geospatial analysis, environmental datasets, or time-series analysis.

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Comfortable working independently in Linux/terminal-based environments .

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Ability to build, debug, and validate reproducible scientific computational workflows.

•
Strong understanding of scientific quality control, spatial/temporal data, uncertainty, and numerical accuracy.

Preferred Qualification:

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Experience with NumPy, pandas, SciPy, xarray, rasterio, GeoPandas, Cartopy, GDAL , or similar scientific/geospatial tools.

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Experience with scientific data formats such as NetCDF, HDF5, GeoTIFF, shapefiles, or GRIB .

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Experience working with climate, weather, satellite, seismic, oceanographic, geological, or hydrological datasets.

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Familiarity with Docker, Conda, Git, CI/CD, automated testing, or HPC environments .

Nice to Have:

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Research software engineering, scientific benchmarking, or automated grader development experience.

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Experience evaluating AI coding/terminal agents or developing tasks and evaluations for AI systems.

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Publications or open-source contributions in Earth, environmental, geospatial, or computational sciences.

Offer Details :

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Commitments Required: At least 6 hours per day and minimum 40 hours per week with overlap of 4 hours with PST.

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Employment type : Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)

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Duration of contract : 5 week [expected start date is next week]

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Payment type: Pay Per Task $300/per aproved task
JOB POSTING END

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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Turing's words

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Role Overview:

You will design tasks that require AI agents to inspect scientific datasets, process geospatial or time-series data, run models, troubleshoot pipelines, and generate objectively verifiable scientific outputs.

What you'll do:

• Translate authentic Earth-science workflows into self-contained terminal benchmark tasks.

• Prepare geospatial, climate, atmospheric, geological, hydrological, or oceanographic datasets.

• Build reproducible computational environments with appropriate scientific libraries and command-line tools.

• Create expert solutions using Python, R, Bash, Julia, or domain-specific software.

• Develop tasks involving geospatial analysis, time-series processing, numerical modeling, interpolation, forecasting, remote sensing, or environmental risk analysis.

• Define objective grading criteria for scientific outputs, model behavior, data transformations, and spatial or temporal accuracy.

• Validate coordinate systems, units, timestamps, missing-data handling, and scientific assumptions.

• Create automated tests for numerical tolerances, file formats, metadata, and reproducibility.

• Debug issues involving geospatial projections, large datasets, dependencies, performance, and numerical stability.

• Document input data provenance, expected outputs, edge cases, and limitations.

What we're looking for:

• Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, or equivalent advanced technical experience in Earth Sciences or a closely related field .

• Strong expertise in at least one area such as climate science, atmospheric science, geophysics, oceanography, geology, hydrology, remote sensing, environmental modeling, or Earth-system science .

• Strong programming skills in Python, R, Julia, Bash , or another scientific programming language.

• Hands-on experience with scientific data processing, numerical modeling, geospatial analysis, environmental datasets, or time-series analysis.

• Comfortable working independently in Linux/terminal-based environments .

• Ability to build, debug, and validate reproducible scientific computational workflows.

• Strong understanding of scientific quality control, spatial/temporal data, uncertainty, and numerical accuracy.

Preferred Qualification:

• Experience with NumPy, pandas, SciPy, xarray, rasterio, GeoPandas, Cartopy, GDAL , or similar scientific/geospatial tools.

• Experience with scientific data formats such as NetCDF, HDF5, GeoTIFF, shapefiles, or GRIB .

• Experience working with climate, weather, satellite, seismic, oceanographic, geological, or hydrological datasets.

• Familiarity with Docker, Conda, Git, CI/CD, automated testing, or HPC environments .

Nice to Have:

• Research software engineering, scientific benchmarking, or automated grader development experience.

• Experience evaluating AI coding/terminal agents or developing tasks and evaluations for AI systems.

• Publications or open-source contributions in Earth, environmental, geospatial, or computational sciences.

Offer Details :

• Commitments Required: At least 6 hours per day and minimum 40 hours per week with overlap of 4 hours with PST.

• Employment type : Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)

• Duration of contract : 5 week [expected start date is next week]

• Payment type: Pay Per Task $300/per aproved task

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Getting paid: Paid monthly, around the 5th, straight to your bank account, or inside Deel on projects run through Deel. Its help articles disagree on whether that is the 5th calendar day or business day. help.turing.com/articles/9691407757-project-onboarding, help.turing.com/articles/6582454854-what-if-i-haven-t-rec..., help.turing.com/articles/1226770947-project-offboarding
Before your first paid task: A short application, with tests on some roles. Turing's review article says an interview is typically required for all roles. Onboarding covers the terms, ID verification with a driver's license or passport, and tax and payment details. help.turing.com/articles/2020987592-apply-for-jobs-at-turing, help.turing.com/articles/9179629201-how-long-does-the-app..., help.turing.com/articles/9691407757-project-onboarding
How much work: Review takes from 48 hours to 6 weeks after you finish applying, and the client makes the final choice. No reply within 6 weeks usually means you were not selected. help.turing.com/articles/9179629201-how-long-does-the-app..., help.turing.com/articles/2020987592-apply-for-jobs-at-turing
Contract: Depending on the project, the engagement rests on Turing's Terms of Service and a Service Agreement, on Deel, or on a partner that provides the contract. help.turing.com/articles/6582454854-what-if-i-haven-t-rec...

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Pay across the field: Coding & software eval

Across 394 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 14 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $120 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $95.

The 5 platforms with the most roles, of the 14 counted above.
Platform	Roles	Top of range, per hour
Alignerr	137	$50 to $400 · median $100
micro1	46	$35 to $350 · median $110
Handshake AI	43	$47 to $125 · median $80
Meridial (Invisible)	34	$22 to $150 · median $60
Mercor	33	$60 to $200 · median $105

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Posted by Turing: 21 Sep 2026
First seen by AIPayList: 22 Sep 2026
Last seen live: 13 Oct 2026
Listing ID: 107881

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