AI Search Research Fellow

• Learn the measurement method end to end: buyer questions, scheduled collection across five engines, receipts, normalisation and fit checks.
• Learn how a published figure is made reproducible, from the observed answer to the deposited dataset.
• Contribute to the next Absence Index release.
• Contribute to one published study, with named credit on the published dataset record.

• Curiosity about how AI engines answer buyers.
• Spreadsheet or basic Python skills.
• Clear writing.
• Care about getting a number right.
• Age 18 or over, in India or the United States.

• Remote. Open to people in India and the United States.
• Twelve weeks at 10 to 15 hours a week, at times that suit your time zone.
• Mentor: Sairam Sivakumar, Founder, with Noah Bennett.
• Broadcastwell is a team of consultants and engineers. Sairam Sivakumar, Founder, is accountable for every order.

• What you learned, reviewed with your mentor at the weekly one-to-one.
• Your contribution to the release and the study, checked against the published method.
• Named credit on the published dataset record for work completed to standard.

The method behind these measures is published on the methodology page.

• A named mentor and a weekly one-to-one.
• Real work on real categories, with published output: a byline, or named credit on a dataset or study.
• A completion certificate and a LinkedIn recommendation from the founder for work completed to standard.
• First look at paid roles, through the paid sample task that opens every hire here.
• Flexible hours across time zones, a letter for academic credit on request where your institution allows it, and the datasets, method notes and tools the work needs.

This is an unpaid, learning-first position designed so that you are the primary beneficiary: structured learning, a named mentor, no displacement of paid work, and no promise of paid employment. Open to people 18 and over.

Unpaid. Twelve weeks at 10 to 15 hours a week, remote. Applications close 31 December 2026.

1. Every application is read by a person.
2. One conversation with your mentor about the work and what you want to learn.
3. A written plan for the twelve weeks: the hours, the learning goals and the mentor.

What you send is kept for twelve months and used only to assess your application. See the privacy notice.

Broadcastwell LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Every application is read by a person.