How to apply to Snorkel AI Expert Community

Who can join

• Expertise in one of its fields, usually with an advanced degree. Snorkel's FAQ says projects typically require an advanced degree in fields such as coding, STEM, medicine, finance, law, the humanities or the social sciences, and that it is actively recruiting in math, law, finance, coding, chemistry, physics and biology.
• Pass a background check that confirms your identity and credentials.
• For math: Master's or PhD-level expertise in mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics or an adjacent quantitative field.
• For physics: Master's or PhD-level expertise in physics or a related discipline. The chemistry and biology pages ask the same for their own fields.
• For law: a JD or graduate law degree, and/or proven work experience in law or legal practice.
• For finance: a completed Master's or Doctorate-level degree in a finance-related topic.
• For coding: real, hands-on software engineering experience. Snorkel says professional experience matters more than a specific degree.
• Live in the US, outside California. Each field page says the work is open to eligible U.S.-based contractors and that residents of California are not currently eligible.
• Be open to independent contractor work in an approved location. Snorkel's FAQ says it engages Expert Contributors only in select locations, for legal, tax and compliance reasons, and confirms during the application whether yours is eligible.

Step by step

1. 1

   Choose your field and apply

   Start from snorkel.ai/expert-community or the page for your field (math, law, finance, coding, chemistry, physics or biology): its Apply and Join buttons open the Snorkel AI Experts Portal at experts.snorkel-ai.com. Tell Snorkel your background and expertise; it says the process is best done on a desktop.

2. 2

   Complete the screening

   Snorkel's program page says you complete a quick screening or assessment and tell it about your expertise. It does not publish what the screening contains or how long it takes.

3. 3

   Get verified

   Snorkel confirms your identity and credentials through a background check, which it says is what makes companies trust every expert in the community. Its field pages say most experts are fully verified within about a few days.

4. 4

   Set up payment

   Sign up to receive payments. Snorkel's FAQ says payments are processed via its agent of record, HireArt.

5. 5

   Opt in to projects you are invited to

   When a project that matches your expertise launches, Snorkel invites you, and you opt in to the ones you want. You choose when, how and what you work on, and you can turn down any project.

6. 6

   Do the tasks

   Most work is asynchronous, with clear instructions and rubrics: you create data in your field (such as questions that stump frontier models), review other experts' work, or compare and evaluate model outputs. Projects range from one-off small projects to multi-week engagements, and a contribution can take a few minutes or several hours.

7. 7

   Pass review and get paid

   Every contribution goes through a quality review that combines automated checks and peer feedback. Accepted work is paid every week for roughly the week before, and Snorkel aims to pay within two weeks of acceptance.

Tips to get accepted

• Apply only through the Join and Apply buttons on snorkel.ai: they open experts.snorkel-ai.com (note the hyphen), the Snorkel AI Experts Portal.
• Weigh a task's pay against its time before you start: every task shows its pay upfront, and the math page puts the average task handling time at 60 to 390 minutes.
• Read each rubric closely: pay is for accepted work, every contribution is reviewed by automated checks and peers, and Snorkel gives feedback so you can improve.
• Expect gaps between projects: work comes when a project matching your expertise launches and Snorkel invites you.
• Finance work runs in cohorts: the finance page describes live learning sessions and shared incentives tied to project milestones over a roughly three-month project.
• Keep a record of what you submit and when: RemoWork's review names late payments and vague rejection reasons as complaints that come up repeatedly.
• Plan for your own taxes: the math page calls the work remote, 1099 contractor work.
• PhD students and postdocs can also apply for Snorkel's Research Fellow role, a separate posting that pays $85 to $165+ an hour to lead a new open benchmark with a Snorkel research co-advisor, spending at least one day a week with its research team.