Fundamental Research Labs

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About the Role We’re looking for detail-oriented Spreadsheet Quality Analysts to help build high-quality evaluation data for next-generation spreadsheet AI agents. This position is ideal for someone who has strong Excel skills, loves structured work, and takes pride in precision. You’ll be part of a small, fast-moving team helping define how AI learns to reason through real-world spreadsheet problems. Note: This is a contract role with hours aligning to 10am-5pm PST. Responsibilities • Review and validate spreadsheet tasks for clarity, determinism, and correctness • Modify input spreadsheets and task statements to enforce consistent outcomes • Apply a structured 5-step validation process (clarity, function screening, answer validation, correctness, annotation) • Annotate reasoning for edits and flag low-quality or ambiguous tasks • Meet weekly quality benchmarks and iterate based on reviewer feedback Qualifications • Strong Excel proficiency (INDEX/MATCH, IF, SUMIF, VLOOKUP, etc) • Excellent written communication and precision • Experience with structured data tasks or QA/checklist workflows • Detail-oriented, consistent output under quality guidelines Bonus • Experience in demanding, analytical environments (e.g., top consulting, finance, or accounting firms) • Prior data annotation experience (Scale AI, Surge AI, Toloka, etc.) • Experience working in a startup environment The Details • Location: Remote! • Compensation: $15-20 per hour + bonuses based on high quality task completion. Total expected compensation of $25-30 per hour • Hours: 10am-5pm PST. Additional hours may be requested if needed What makes us interesting • Small, elite team of ex-founders, researchers from top AI Labs, top CS grads, and engineers from top companies • True ownership You will not be blocked by bureaucracy, shipping meaningful work within weeks rather than months • Serious momentum We're well-funded by top investors, moving fast, and focused on execution What we do • Ship consumer products powered by cutting-edge AI research, and • Build infrastructure that facilitates research and product, and • Innovate cutting-edge research that will open up new consumer product forms