micro1Domain experts
Business Operations Expert
up to $90/hr
About this role, in micro1's words
The work is to turn real operational workflows into benchmark tasks: realistic, difficult, and gradable against objective criteria. If you’ve written an SOP, built a QA checklist, or trained a team against a standard, that’s the instinct this needs.
What you'll do
Scope of Work
- Design multi-step tasks drawn from real operations work — reporting, process design, workflow management — with realistic reference files and clear instructions.
- Define objective grading criteria so two qualified reviewers would reach the same verdict on the same output.
- Build tasks that require judgment rather than lookup: ones where the right answer depends on reading the materials correctly.
- Create or source the supporting materials each task needs: spreadsheets, system exports, process documentation, operational reports.
- Flag tasks that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable instead of submitting them anyway.
- Deliver approved tasks on schedule and at the required quality level.
Candidate background
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on responsibility in business operations, operations reporting, process design, or workflow management — direct ownership of the work, not supervisory-only or adjacent exposure.
- Experience creating or applying structured standards: SOPs, QA checklists, process documentation, service level definitions, or training assessments.
- Strong Excel capability and comfort reasoning across multiple documents at once.
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- Strong English, written and spoken — B2 minimum, C1 preferred.
- AI or LLM evaluation experience is a plus, but not required.
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in micro1's words
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Role Title: Business Operations Expert
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote, global
Opportunity Snapshot
Pay: Up to $90/hour equivalent
Time per task: ~10 hours per task
Location: Fully remote — no geographic restrictions. Strong English required (B2 minimum, C1 preferred)
Next step: Complete the role-specific AI interview — it’s how your expertise gets in front of the client
Your tasks: Design realistic, multi-step business operations tasks with objective criteria for grading the output
micro1 is engaging experienced operations practitioners to design the tasks that measure what AI systems can actually do. Your domain knowledge is what matters here — no prior AI experience required.
The work is to turn real operational workflows into benchmark tasks: realistic, difficult, and gradable against objective criteria. If you’ve written an SOP, built a QA checklist, or trained a team against a standard, that’s the instinct this needs.
Scope of Work
• Design multi-step tasks drawn from real operations work — reporting, process design, workflow management — with realistic reference files and clear instructions.
• Define objective grading criteria so two qualified reviewers would reach the same verdict on the same output.
• Build tasks that require judgment rather than lookup: ones where the right answer depends on reading the materials correctly.
• Create or source the supporting materials each task needs: spreadsheets, system exports, process documentation, operational reports.
• Flag tasks that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable instead of submitting them anyway.
• Deliver approved tasks on schedule and at the required quality level.
Preferred Qualifications
• 5+ years of hands-on responsibility in business operations, operations reporting, process design, or workflow management — direct ownership of the work, not supervisory-only or adjacent exposure.
• Experience creating or applying structured standards: SOPs, QA checklists, process documentation, service level definitions, or training assessments.
• Strong Excel capability and comfort reasoning across multiple documents at once.
• Strong English, written and spoken — B2 minimum, C1 preferred.
• AI or LLM evaluation experience is a plus, but not required.
How the selection process works
• Apply and complete the screening questions
• Complete the AI interview for this role.
• Onboarding — our Talent Ops team will get you set up
Working with micro1Pay, getting started and work, from micro1's own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Paid in US dollars twice a month through Deel, usually landing around the 5th and the 20th. Nothing is paid until Deel's identity check is done. library.micro1.ai/working/faqs, library.micro1.ai/working/payroll-policy
- Before your first paid task
- An AI interview with micro1's recruiter Zara, then your profile, ID verification, a KarmaCheck background check and the Deel contract. Some pipelines add a quiz or test task. micro1.ai/experts, micro1.ai/ai-interview-guide, library.micro1.ai/getting-started/next-steps-after-certif..., library.micro1.ai/working/faqs, library.micro1.ai/working/what-to-expect
- How much work
- Certification makes you eligible but does not guarantee placement. micro1's FAQ puts the usual commitment at about 15 to 20 hours a week, depending on the client. micro1.ai/experts, library.micro1.ai/working/faqs
- Contract
- Independent contractor, with the contract issued through Deel. library.micro1.ai/policies/understanding-your-expert-agre..., library.micro1.ai/working/deel
Read on the pages linked above on 23 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
Alex's experience on micro1A personal account, not a promise about your project
Alexruns this site and has worked on micro1 himself. Written 31 Aug 2026.
- Every interview I took used an AI interviewer, and some included a timed business exercise of around 25 minutes.
- On later applications, interview reuse on micro1 was often partial, and I still answered questions about one to three additional skills.
- I entered a requested rate for the job. One listing showed about $180 an hour. I requested about $160 and received the rate I entered. Those amounts are approximate, and this describes my application, not proof that a lower request caused acceptance.
- Onboarding and setup came to about 2 hours, with clear materials. Of the three platforms I worked on, it was the easiest transition into work. That is an estimate from my projects, not a platform average.
- On my micro1 project, Hubstaff showed time and mouse or keyboard activity, not screenshots, app names or website history. That describes what I saw, not every possible setup.
- I was paid for hours logged, once every 14 days, and I have not experienced late or incorrect payments. That was my arrangement.
One person's applications, not a promise about yours.
What happens after you apply, first-handHow does the pay compare?Across Domain experts roles, not this role alone
From our own daily reads of every open listing on the platforms we follow, not from micro1's posting. How we count.
Pay across the field: Domain experts
Across 751 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 21 platforms, the middle half pays $63 to $125 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $90, is in the middle half. Of the 268 distinct rates we count, 118 are lower and 141 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| micro1 (this platform) | 154 | $12 to $400 · median $110 |
| Alignerr | 148 | $24 to $200 · median $80 |
| AfterQuery | 93 | $45 to $175 · median $100 |
| Mercor | 90 | $55 to $450 · median $120 |
| Handshake AI | 81 | $30 to $300 · median $80 |
Sources and listing historyWhere this information comes from
This listing's history
- First seen here on 24 Oct 2026, and still on micro1's list when we last read it on 25 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by micro1
- First seen by AIPayList
- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- f59ff23d-1cad-470e-8e7c-113f2a3c63e7
Pay as the source states it: “micro1 job record, ideal_hourly_rate: $45–$90/hr”.
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