Role Description - Develop challenging problems in Physics to inform future AI innovations. - Create high-quality data sets for AI model training and evaluation. - Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance model outputs. - Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines. - Leverage expertise in Statistical Mechanics, Condensed Matter, and AMO Physics. Qualifications - PhD in Physics with specialization in Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Electrodynamics, or Advanced Classical Mechanics. - Graduate degree from US/UK/Canada/Western Europe. - High attention to detail. - Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. - Excellent proficiency in English. Requirements - Contract position. - Compensation: $85/hour. - Location: Remote. - Commitment: 4–6 tasks/week. Company Description 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.

At Kuru Labs, we are building the foundation for global markets with a focus on speed, composability, and security. Our product, Kuru Exchange, is a CLOB DEX built natively on Monad, bringing the speed and capital efficiency of centralized exchanges fully on-chain. The key differentiation: we’re pioneering an EVM-native, fully on-chain order book—unlocking a new standard for trading infrastructure in crypto. Having raised $11.8M in a Series A round led by Paradigm in July 2025, we’re now focused on thoughtfully expanding the team. About The Role We’re looking for a Quantitative Researcher with experience building trading systems and a strong understanding of market structure. Reporting to the Co-Founder, you’ll help scale the exchange across volume, liquidity, and active traders—while enabling participants to run their own strategies seamlessly. The focus is on making the platform highly attractive to market makers, and continuously refining the design to improve execution quality, deepen liquidity, and drive sustainable trading activity. What You’ll Do - Design, implement, and run trading strategies on KuruAnalyze exchange data to identify friction points and propose concrete improvements to the protocol, fee structures, order book mechanics, and overall trading experience - Work directly with external traders, market makers, and protocols integrating into Kuru — helping them understand the system and get up and running - Collaborate with the core team to stress-test ideas through simulation and backtesting before proposing them What We’re Looking For - Hands-on experience running live trading strategies — crypto-native preferred, but strong TradFi market microstructure experience works too - Familiarity with on-chain data (order book analytics, chain data, etc.) - Intuition for market microstructure — you think about spreads, latency, adverse selection, and liquidity depth naturally - Ability to communicate clearly: with protocol engineers, external traders, and non-technical stakeholders alike - Genuine curiosity about DeFi Nice to Have - Experience with CLOB-based venues (CEX or DEX) - Familiarity with EVM-compatible chains - Prior work on fee model design or liquidity incentive structures Why work with us? - Challenging problems - You’ll work on extremely challenging and unique problems that haven’t existed before. - Huge opportunity - With Monad’s Parallel EVM, it is possible to build really performant applications that can support mass user adoption in crypto. - The right team - You’ll be part of a small, exceptional team that wants to make a dent in the universe - Culture - We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low egos, and high-quality outputs. As an early member of our team, you’ll help continue to shape our culture. - Compensation - You’ll receive a competitive salary and equity package.

Job Summary: A Senior UX Researcher I leads a team's understanding of user behaviours, needs and motivations. She/he leads the UX Research strategy for a business or product line. She/he is an expert user of a number of research and testing methodologies. She/he informally mentors other researchers. Responsibilities: Customer (or User) Focus • Gathers, evaluates and has a solid understanding of customer use cases. • Maintains close links with UX Designers, ensuring that user feedback and testing are fed into the design process. • Aligns/coaches the team to ensure customer needs are met. • Shares research findings with the organisation. • Understands competitors and regulatory environment. • Segments markets and understands needs of those sub-segments in greater detail. Creative Problem Solving • Identifies if we are addressing the right problem with a thorough analysis of the brief. • Presents research learnings to stakeholders to guide future projects. • Collaboratively analyses the results of research to recommend solutions. • Independently identifies different research solutions. • Works with designers to iterate and test solution. • Considers the problem from a number of angles. • Practices and facilitates reflection as part of the research process. Product Design • Leads the User-centred research process, mentoring juniors where needed. • Applies a number of UX Research techniques. • Creates research documentation and analysis outputs. • Works with UX Designer to define structure and layout of the product. • Works with Visual Designer to define the visual identity of products. Data Driven Analysis & Testing • Regularly tests design work with users in partnership with UX Design team. • Proactively uses data to establish key metrics for projects. • Iterates research methods based on testing and data analysis. • Summarises data from analytics packages, customer insight or other sources to understand context of research work. • Uses data to inform testing future strategy. • Identifies gaps where data is needed and works with business to fill them. Technical Skills • Uses relevant tools for research analysis. • Understands the nuances of researching in different contexts (remote / in person / unmoderated /moderated). • Has an excellent knowledge of the tech stack of the organisation. • Mentors junior researchers in technical skills. • Uses research software (Qualtics, Lookback, Usertesting.com) to expert level. • Builds good working relationships with tech teams Competencies: Personal Capability Practices Self-Development • Takes ownership of own development and career • Initiates regular conversations with manager, coach or mentor regarding self-development • Understands what is required by the business to be successful and maps development plan accordingly • Learns from success and failures • Looks to build challenges into current assignments • Utilises formal and informal networks effectively Solves Problems and Analyzes Issues • Is able to ask effective questions and collect facts from multiple sources in order to solve problems • Is able to effectively identify and analyze problems and propose solutions • Effectively manages day-to-day issues and problems without intervention Innovates • Develops new ideas to improve process or product, and is able to prepare implementation plans • Integrates and builds on new ideas from others • Creates new opportunities by applying different perspectives and challenging the status -quo • Is recognised as an innovative thinker Interpersonal Skills Communicates Powerfully and Prolifically • Provides clear instructions and direction to others • Is able to both actively listen to and effectively question to understand another’s viewpoint • Helps others understand situations by communicating business context Collaboration and Teamwork • Encourages co-operation between all members of the team • Seeks team members’ input and expertise; facilitates open and interactive discussion of matters affecting the team • Helps people to resolve conflict • Identifies and removes barriers to team performance • Identifies ways for further collaboration across teams Builds Relationships • Establishes rapport with others on the team and across teams • Works effectively with others to get work done • Treats all individuals with respect • Handles difficult situations, minimising conflict Experience (US Only) and Education Suggested Minimum Years of Experience: 6-8 years Critical Experiences (Required for entry into this role):N/A Education to Qualify: Bachelors or Masters degree in a design subject (Psychology, UX, HCI, Product Design, Design, Graphic Design, etc discipline) is preferred, but not required. Primary Location Base Pay Range: Home based-Colorado $95,300 - $158,800. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus. Application deadline is 05/11/2026. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120. Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here. Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy. 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Intellectsoft is a software development company delivering innovative solutions since 2007. We operate across North America, Latin America, the Nordic region, the UK, and Europe. We specialize in industries like Fintech, Healthcare, EdTech, Construction, Hospitality, and more, partnering with startups, mid-sized businesses, and Fortune 500 companies to drive growth and scalability. Our clients include Jaguar Motors, Universal Pictures, Harley-Davidson, Qualcomm, and London Stock Exchange.Together, our team delivers solutions that make a difference. Learn more at www.intellectsoft.net We’re looking for a detail-oriented and analytical Researcher to support our Sales Development team. In this role, you’ll focus on identifying potential clients, building high-quality lead databases, and providing insights that support business development efforts and help grow our client base. This is a key role in ensuring we target the right companies and decision-makers, improving the overall effectiveness of our sales activities.