Contract Specialist

Location:United States, Remote

micro1 is engaging Contract Specialists to contribute expert federal procurement insights and contract management expertise to a customer’s project. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. This opportunity is ideal for individuals with a deep understanding of the federal acquisition lifecycle who can navigate pre-award and post-award procedures, draft comprehensive statements of work, and conduct detailed proposal analyses in fast-paced environments.

Scope of Work

• Source public-domain procurement documents (PWS, SOW, IGCE, solicitations, proposal evaluations, and protest decisions) and use them to build realistic, everyday contracting tasks for testing AI models.
• Run these tasks against various AI models, then monitor, score, and compare their performance on accuracy, FAR compliance, and practical usefulness.
• Develop and review PWS, SOW, and IGCE samples for complex federal procurements to serve as benchmarks and reference answers.
• Evaluate AI outputs across the full contract life cycle, including pre-award planning, solicitation, negotiation, and post-award administration.
• Provide written and verbal feedback on model outputs and procurement documents, with actionable recommendations for improving model performance and process quality.
• Apply real-world contracting expertise to annotate, review, and refine procurement-related data used to train and evaluate AI-driven models.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of direct federal contracting experience, including GS-1102 or comparable procurement roles.
• Demonstrated proficiency in contract negotiation, proposal evaluation, and acquisition planning within the federal sector.
• Advanced knowledge of the FAR and relevant agency-specific regulations.
• Hands-on experience preparing PWS/SOW, IGCE, and related procurement artifacts.
• Proven ability to draft clear, defensible responses to protests and procurement challenges.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, managing multiple priorities effectively.

Where you can work

This role is 100% remote: you can work from any country except Afghanistan, Belarus, DR Congo, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Myanmar, Macau, Russia, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen.