Role Description - Design challenging, real-world domain-specific problems in areas like: - financial modeling - legal reasoning - econometrics - ML - coding - Focus on addressing core capability loss failures in frontier AI models. - Integrate problems into an Agentic development environment using Python. - Prepare all necessary components for robust task execution. - Evaluate the target model's performance on designed tasks. - Analyze outcomes to improve model reasoning and outputs. - Identify tasks where the model fails to pass tests. - Classify failures as logical reasoning issues to guide future improvements. - Collaborate with domain experts to enhance AI model training and ensure task relevance and accuracy. Qualifications - Current or retired professor, or PhD student, in STEM or professional/quantitative domains. - Degree or PhD in progress from a top university. - Working proficiency in Python applied in research, industry, GitHub, or coursework. - Ability to engage reliably for 30+ hours/week during weekdays. - Basic ability to work independently and manage time effectively. - Strong verbal and written communication skills. Requirements - Past experience in AI training, model evaluation, and data annotation. Benefits - Compensation: $80–$110/hour - Location: Remote

Role 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. Position: Chemistry Researchers (Part-time) Type: Contract Compensation: $125–$225/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 8–20 hours/week Responsibilities - Author and review challenging chemistry problems to train and evaluate frontier AI models. - Evaluate model outputs on tasks like retrosynthesis, mechanism prediction, and spectral interpretation. - Identify areas where current models fail, focusing on mistakes a working PhD chemist would catch. - Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors. - Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving model performance. Qualifications - First-author or co-first-author publications in top journals like JACS, Nature Chemistry, or Science. - Doctoral or postdoctoral training at a top-20 global institution for chemistry or STEM. - Competitive fellowships such as NSF GRFP, Hertz, or Sloan Research Fellow. - Issued patents, spin-out companies, or grants as a named PI or co-PI. - International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) Gold/Silver/Bronze medalist. - Active research role: PhD candidate, postdoc, instructor, faculty, principal scientist, or industry researcher. Engagement - Part-time: 8 to 20 hours per week. - W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC; payroll, benefits, and compliance handled by Cincinnatus. - Compensation reflects research seniority and credentials. - No fixed end date; contributors continue as long as the program needs their expertise. Application Process - Upload resume - AI interview based on your resume - Submit form Resources & Support - For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome - For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com - Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Role 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. Position: Biology & Biophysics Researchers (Part-time) Type: Contract Compensation: $125–$225/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 8–20 hours/week Role Responsibilities - Author and review challenging biology and biophysics problems to train and evaluate frontier AI models. - Evaluate model outputs on tasks such as mechanism prediction, experimental design, and literature interpretation. - Identify areas where current models fail, especially mistakes a working PhD would catch. - Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors. Qualifications - First-author or co-first-author publications in journals like Nature, Science, Cell, PNAS, eLife, NEJM, Nature Methods, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Communications, or top specialty journals. - Doctoral or postdoctoral training at a top-20 global institution for life sciences or STEM. - Competitive fellowships such as HHMI, NIH F31/F32/K99, NSF GRFP/PRFB, Damon Runyon, Helen Hay Whitney, Jane Coffin Childs, Searle, Pew, Sloan, Packard, Simons, Fulbright, or equivalent. - Issued patents, spin-out companies, or grants where the contributor was a named PI or co-PI. - Currently or recently in an active research role: PhD candidate, postdoc, instructor, faculty, principal scientist, or industry researcher. Requirements - W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC; payroll, benefits, and compliance handled by Cincinnatus. - No fixed end date; contributors continue as long as the program needs their expertise. Application Process - Upload resume - AI interview based on your resume - Submit form Resources & Support - For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome - For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com - Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Role 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. Position: Generalist - English & Malayalam Type: Contract Compensation: $15–$20/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities - Conduct fact-checking using trusted public sources and external tools. - Generate high-quality human evaluation data by identifying response strengths, areas for improvement, and factual inaccuracies. - Assess reasoning quality, clarity, tone, and completeness of responses. - Ensure model responses align with expected conversational behavior and system guidelines. - Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance. Qualifications - Must-Have - Bachelor's degree. - Native speaker in Malayalam. - Significant experience using large language models (LLMs). - Excellent writing skills in English. - Strong attention to detail. - Background or experience in domains requiring structured analytical thinking. - Preferred - Prior experience with RLHF, model evaluation, or data annotation work. - Experience writing or editing high-quality written content. - Experience comparing multiple outputs and making fine-grained qualitative judgments. Application Process - Upload resume - AI interview based on your resume - Submit form Resources & Support - For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: Interview Process - For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com - PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.