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About The Job
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: Professor in STEM Domains
Type: W2 Employment
Compensation: $55–$85/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 30+ hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Design challenging, real-world domain-specific problems for agentic tasks.
- Target core capability loss failures in frontier AI models.
- Integrate problems into an Agentic development environment using Python.
- Prepare detailed instructions, a golden solution, and consult with domain experts.
- Evaluate cross-model performance on tasks to identify logical reasoning failures.
- Identify tasks where the target model fails all tests.
- Classify failures as logical reasoning issues.
- Analyze agent steps to extract core capability loss patterns from the model.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Current or retired professor within STEM, including ML, coding, data science.
- Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or relevant STEM field.
- Ability to engage reliably for at least 30 hours/week during weekdays.
- Basic ability to work independently and manage time.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred
- Past experience in AI training, model evaluation, and data annotation.
Application Process
(Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- 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
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Key skills/competency
- AI Researcher
- STEM Professor
- Machine Learning
- Data Science
- Python
- Model Evaluation
- Agentic Tasks
- Logical Reasoning
- Problem Design
- AI Training
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's mission: Understand their goal of connecting elite talent with AI labs and their high-profile investors.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your STEM professorial experience, AI training, model evaluation, and Python skills.
- Prepare for AI interview: Be ready for an AI-driven interview assessing your resume's alignment with the AI Researcher role.
- Demonstrate time management: Show your ability to commit 30+ hours weekly and work independently.
- Highlight communication skills: Emphasize strong verbal and written communication for consulting with domain experts.
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