Generalist (Must own MacBook)

Role Overview

Mercor is looking for detail-oriented individuals with 2-3 years of experience in STEM, non-STEM fields, or currently enrolled postgrad college students to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models.

Qualifications

• Required: All experts on this project must have a MacBook or Mac with an Apple M-series chip or Intel processor to perform tasks on.
• Currently pursuing or recently completed Masters studies, or have 2-3 years of relevant experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution
• Strong online research and communication skills
• Ability to gather and clearly summarize information from diverse sources
• Excellent written communication skills
• Interdisciplinary degree is a nice to have
• Must have a MacBook or Mac with an Apple M-series chip or Intel processor, running macOS 15 or higher

Job Details

• Part-time commitment of approximately 10-20 hours per week
• Responsibilities include creating high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models
• Clearly structured responsibilities without the high pressure typically found in internships or full-time consulting roles
• Immediate start preferred

Application and Onboarding Process

• Submit your resume, followed by a brief (3-minute) conversation with our AI interviewer to assess research and reasoning skills
• Complete a brief paid assessment to further evaluate your fit for the role
• You will receive follow-up communication within a few days regarding your application status and next steps

Where you can work

This role is 100% remote: you can work from any country except Andorra, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bahamas, Bhutan, Belarus, Belize, DR Congo, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cameroon, China, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Micronesia, Grenada, Georgia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Haiti, Iraq, Iran, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, St. Kitts and Nevis, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Moldova, Montenegro, Marshall Islands, Mali, Myanmar, Mauritania, Maldives, Malawi, Niger, Nicaragua, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Palestine, Palau, Russia, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uganda, Vatican City, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Venezuela, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.