People Operations AI Research Contributor

The role

Subject Matter Experts will write realistic Excel tasks based on their own work in people operations, HR, or workforce planning. These tasks test how well AI performs the work of a People Ops Analyst.

What you will do

• Writing realistic Excel tasks drawn from your own work
• Extending existing models, fixing broken ones and building from a brief
• Working through each task yourself so there is a clear, correct answer
• Writing yes-or-no criteria precise enough that a grader can mark any attempt against them

Required qualifications

• 3+ years in people operations, HR analytics, total rewards or workforce planning, covering headcount, compensation, benefits or org design
• Deep hands-on Excel: headcount and comp models, named ranges, multi-criteria lookups, pivot tables and conditional formatting
• Strong written English communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Willingness to learn concepts in AI and Evals

Before you apply

• Apply with your details and CV
• Choose an available 30-minute group walkthrough call
• Attend the walkthrough and create one original task from your own work
• Submit the brief and the actual input workbook(s) needed to complete it
• Completing onboarding does not guarantee a job offer; selection remains subject to written approval of the task proposal

About the company

Aptura is an applied AI and data company working with frontier labs to train AI systems on real professional work. They build high-quality evaluation and training environments to teach AI agents to produce work for daily workflows.