Artificial Intelligence Researcher - AI Trainer

Mercor, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Compensation
$72,800.0 - $156,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Information Technology

Job description

  • Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined with all necessary information in the problem statement.
  • Rate each question’s difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).
  • Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
  • Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format.
  • Supply 1-5 academic references per question from reputable sources like peer-reviewed journals or university repositories.
  • For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Writing skills?, Do you have a Master’s degree?, Must-Have

  • PhD or doctoral candidate in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
  • Master’s degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
  • Strong command of graduate-level CS theory, algorithms, systems design, and/or machine learning.
  • Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Preferred

  • Research publications, industry experience at top tech companies, or competitive programming background.

Benefits & conditions

4.24.2 out of 5 stars San Francisco, CA Remote $35 - $75 an hour - Part-time

About the company

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.

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