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Job Description
**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:**
Researcher and Technical Expert
**Type:**
**Contract**
**Compensation:**
**$50–$100/hour**
**Commitment:**
**30\+ hours/week**
**Role Responsibilities**
* Design challenging, real\-world STEM problems to evaluate model reasoning and problem\-solving.
* Implement tasks using Python in an agentic development environment.
* Analyze model/agent behavior to diagnose reasoning gaps and improve performance.
* Develop reproducible and testable deliverables with clear specifications and deterministic tests.
* Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance model outputs and training data quality.
* Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and project goals.
**Qualifications**
**Must\-Have**
* Deep expertise in data science, machine learning, finance, and/or Python\-based coding.
* Active or recently graduated PhD (Top 20 U.S.\-based school).
* Strong research background in frontier STEM topics.
* Ability to engage reliably for 30\+ hours/week, primarily on weekdays.
* Demonstrated technical output such as high\-quality open\-source contributions.
* Comfort reading and reasoning about agent behavior traces to diagnose failure modes.
**Preferred**
* Familiarity with agentic frameworks and OSS ecosystems like LangChain, MetaGPT, AutoGen, AutoGPT, CrewAI, LlamaIndex, BabyAGI, SuperAGI, CAMEL, AgentGPT, Dify.
**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/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.*
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