Computer Scientist - AI Trainer

Mercor, Inc.
San Francisco, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Franchise
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 173K

Job location

Remote
San Francisco, United States of America

Tech stack

Training Data
Artificial Intelligence
Databases
Software Engineering
Systems Architecture
Information Technology

Job description

  • Author, review, and annotate technical tasks to evaluate AI model performance on computer science problems.
  • Produce original problem sets grounded in performance benchmarks, system architecture charts, and algorithmic complexity figures.
  • Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks to ensure task accuracy.
  • Collaborate with AI research teams to improve training data quality and model outputs.
  • Work independently and asynchronously with a flexible schedule to meet deadlines.

Requirements

  • PhD in Computer Science, or MS in CS with 3+ years engineering, research, or teaching experience, or BS in CS with 5+ years software engineering, systems, or applied CS practice.
  • Working fluency in at least two of: algorithms, systems, databases, networks, ML, theory of computation.
  • Comfortable reading and interpreting performance benchmarks, system architecture charts, and algorithmic complexity figures.
  • Clear technical writing; able to articulate reasoning step-by-step in written form.

Benefits & conditions

  • Hourly contractor, Paid weekly via Stripe Connect.

About the company

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