Pandas Specialist
Up to $20/hr
Remote coding contract with SME Careers, up to $20/hr, open to people in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan. First seen Oct 28.
Up to $20/hr
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- Pay
- Below typicalTops out at $20/hr. The typical top rate across 237 priced coding listings is $90/hr.
- Getting in
- Some screening~30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview. Credentials in your field.
- Steady work
- Work is patchyProjects can end a placement for quality issues.
- Payout record
- Pays on timeSchedule: weekly. Paid via Deel.
- Freshness
- No post dateSME Careers doesn't publish post dates. First seen Oct 28, 2026; still listed Nov 6, 2026.
- Where you live
- Named countries onlyOpen in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan.
The job description
In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Pandas Specialist (SME) to create realistic, challenging computer-based tasks using Python Pandas and related data-analysis workflows. You will design practical Pandas tasks, document them clearly in SuperAnnotate, ensure your setup supports the task, and record yourself executing the task on your computer.
Tasks may include loading datasets, cleaning data, filtering rows, grouping and aggregating data, merging datasets, handling missing values, reshaping data, exporting files, creating basic visualizations, or performing practical business/data-analysis workflows. Your work will help train advanced AI models to better understand how real users complete data manipulation and analysis tasks.
This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your Pandas expertise directly helps improve the world’s premier AI models by teaching them how real users complete practical Python data-analysis workflows.
Responsibilities
- Create realistic Pandas tasks: Come up with realistic and challenging tasks that can be executed on the computer using Pandas, then document the task clearly in SuperAnnotate.
- Prepare the work environment: Ensure your setup supports the task, including having Python/Pandas installed or available, datasets prepared, files accessible, and any required references ready before recording.
- Record task execution: Record yourself executing the Pandas task on your computer while following project instructions and ensuring the workflow is clear, complete, and realistic.
- Document task context: Provide enough task context, steps, goals, files, dataset details, and notes so reviewers can understand what the task is and how it was completed.
- Demonstrate practical software use: Complete workflows involving data loading, cleaning, filtering, grouping, merging, reshaping, exporting, or basic analysis where relevant.
- Maintain submission quality: Review your recording and documentation before submission to ensure the task is complete, reproducible, understandable, realistic, and aligned with project guidelines.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience using Pandas for data cleaning, analysis, transformation, reporting, or data-processing workflows.
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher to understand project instructions, document tasks clearly, and communicate with the project team.
- Comfortable using a computer, managing files, running Python scripts or notebooks, installing packages where needed, and recording workflows.
- Ability to come up with realistic and challenging Pandas tasks that reflect actual data analysis, reporting, finance, operations, research, or business use cases.
- Strong understanding of Pandas basics such as DataFrames, Series, indexing, filtering, sorting, grouping, merging, reshaping, missing values, and file input/output.
- Ability to ensure your setup supports the task, including having Python/Pandas available, datasets prepared, files accessible, and any required references ready before recording.
- High attention to detail when preparing the task, executing the workflow, and checking that the recording is complete and understandable.
- Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.
- Additional professional skills are appreciated, including data analysis, Python, statistics, finance, operations, reporting, research, automation, or other computer-based workflows.
How do you apply to SME Careers?
Apply on SME Careers
The Apply button opens this post on SME Careers's own site. You apply with them, not with Rubric. Budget about 30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview.
Get through screening
What SME Careers asks for after you apply:
- Do the ~15-minute English AI video interview on a desktop (up to 3 attempts)
- Take any written or video qualification exam
- Sign the Deel contract and join Discord
- Wait for a project offer by email
Start work and get paid
Pay schedule: weekly. Paid via Deel. You're paid for the work they hand out, not a fixed salary.
SME Careers also needs
- Credentials in your field
- Desktop with webcam
- Deel account
Red flags
None on record for SME Careers. A real platform never asks you to pay for training, equipment or a "starter kit".
What is SME Careers like to work for?
SuperAnnotate's expert-hiring site, which places credentialed specialists on hourly AI training contracts paid through Deel.
| Advertised pay | $20–130/hr |
|---|---|
| Getting in | Some screening |
| Application takes | ~30 min: profile + 15-min AI interview |
| How you get paid | Weekly, via Deel |
| Payout record | Pays on time |
| Countries | Hires in nearly 90 countries, including India, Nigeria, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines; sanctioned countries are excluded and some projects set region or language rules. |
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