Machine Learning Expert - Fully Remote

• Attempt open-ended machine learning research tasks under a fixed time and compute budget.
• Work independently in a sandboxed Linux environment with internet access.
• Use preferred tools, including IDEs and AI coding assistants like Cursor, Claude Code, and ChatGPT.
• Record full working sessions via screen recording.
• Complete pre-task and post-task questionnaires.
• Submit final work product, screen recording, and completed questionnaires for evaluation.

Must-Have

• 3+ years of machine learning experience. Time in a PhD program counts.
• Attended a top-100 university or worked at FAANG or a comparable company.
• Experience with PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
• Deep expertise in at least one focus area: pretraining, PPO, reward shaping, fine-tuning, LoRA, RLHF, architecture design, contrastive training, generative modeling, multilingual experience, or data pipelines.

Required Domain Expertise

• Practical experience in Pretraining, Reinforcement learning, Post-training, Dataset curation, or Model architecture.

Logistics

• One baseline attempt per contractor per task.

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.