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Contract Attorney - Fully Remote | Up to $120/hr

$120 per hour

Mercor

New York, NY
  • Remote job

Job Description

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: US Contract Attorney — In-House Counsel
Type: Contract
Compensation: $100–$120/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Compare pairs of responses to in-house legal tasks and decide which is stronger, with clear reasoning.
  • Write concise justifications grounded in source documents and applicable US law .
  • Create realistic legal prompts, fact patterns, and model answers from in-house experience.
  • Flag errors, gaps, and risky advice in AI-generated legal content .
  • Attend onboarding and calibration sessions.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Admitted to practice in at least one US state (active bar membership).
  • 3+ years of legal practice, including in-house experience advising a business on contracts, compliance, employment, risk, or disputes.
  • Hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school .
  • Write clearly and pay close attention to detail.

Preferred

  • 2+ years of experience at an AmLaw 100 firm (strongly preferred).
  • Prior work on legal AI projects with Mercor.
  • Prior data annotation, AI evaluation , or legal-benchmark experience.

Start Date

  • Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Vacancy posted 4 days ago
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