Data Science Specialist

**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:** Data Scientist **Type:** **Contract** **Compensation:** **$100–$160/hour** **Role Responsibilities** * Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI\-generated content in Quant Trading, Bioinformatics, and Astrophysics to strengthen reasoning and rigor in model outputs. * Review complex mathematical content for alignment with domain principles and methodologies. * Provide clear, structured feedback to AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance. * Develop evaluation rubrics and benchmarks for assessing AI\-generated mathematical tasks and solutions. * Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure consistency, relevance, and coverage across datasets. * Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance. **Qualifications** **Must\-Have** * PhD or Master's in a related field. * Experience in Quant Trading, Bioinformatics, Astrophysics, or Applied Computational Mathematics. * Proficiency with cloud\-based data and ML tools such as Google Colab, BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, or AWS/Azure analytics tools. **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.*