Optical engineer with python - freelance ai trainer

Mindrift
📍 johannesburg, gauteng, South-Africa 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted July 05, 2026

Job Description

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Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. Participation is project-based, not permanent employment.

What This Opportunity Involves

While each project involves unique tasks, contributors may:

Design original computational physics problems that simulate real physics research workflows; Create problems requiring Python programming to solve (using Numpy, Sci Py, Sympy); Ensure problems are computationally intensive and cannot be solved manually within reasonable timeframes (days/weeks); Develop problems requiring non‑trivial reasoning chains in mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics; Base problems on real research challenges or practical applications from physics practice; Verify solutions using Python with standard physics simulation libraries; Do...

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Job Details

  • Location johannesburg, gauteng
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Other-General
  • Posted Date July 05, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 14, 2026