[Hiring] Retail Private Investigator @Turing

Role Description

Turing is looking for candidates with strong experience in retail loss prevention, fraud detection, or corporate security — particularly at the level expected for licensed investigators or asset protection specialists responsible for theft prevention, risk management, and incident resolution.

In this role, you will be working on projects to help evaluate and improve AI using your investigative and analytical expertise. No prior AI experience is required. These projects will help you learn how to leverage AI to strengthen fraud detection, enhance risk assessment, and optimize retail and corporate security operations.

What Does Day-to-Day Look Like:

• Design and solve real-world retail investigation and loss prevention scenarios to test AI reasoning.
• Write clear, structured explanations covering surveillance methods, fraud analysis, evidence handling, and incident reporting.
• Evaluate AI responses for legal accuracy, compliance with consumer protection laws, and operational relevance.
• Collaborate with AI researchers to refine model understanding of security procedures, investigative best practices, and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Private Investigator, Loss Prevention Specialist, or Security Manager in retail or corporate settings.
• Valid investigator or security license (where required).
• Strong understanding of fraud detection, retail theft prevention, and evidence documentation.
• Excellent English communication and report-writing skills.

Requirements

• Confidential or proprietary information from any employer, university, etc.
• Trade secrets or internal company or university data.
• Specific client information or case details.
• Any information that would violate NDAs, employment agreements or other confidentiality obligations.

Benefits

• Strong compensation (exact amount varies by project).
• Work in a fully remote environment.
• Engagement type: Contractor assignment/freelancer, potentially full-time.
• Duration of projects: approximately 1 month (with possibility for extension).

Company Description

Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI systems. Turing supports customers in two ways:

• Accelerating frontier research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, plus top AI researchers who specialize in coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents.
• Applying that expertise to help enterprises transform AI from proof of concept into proprietary intelligence with systems that perform reliably, deliver measurable impact, and drive lasting results on the P&L.