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Artificial Intelligence Researcher AI Trainer

$35 - $75 per hour
Full-time

Mercor

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 DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Computer Science Content Author/Reviewer

Type: Contract

Compensation: $35$75/hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 10 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Author original computer science questions that test deep conceptual understanding not surface-level recall.
  • Ensure questions are unambiguous self-contained and precisely defined with all necessary information in the problem statement.
  • Rate each questions difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate) Hard (advanced undergraduate) or Expert (post-graduate and above).
  • Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
  • Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear concise intermediate steps in markdown format.
  • Supply 15 academic references per question from reputable sources like peer-reviewed journals or university repositories.
  • For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity completeness precision or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • PhD or doctoral candidate in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
  • Masters degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
  • Strong command of graduate-level CS theory algorithms systems design and/or machine learning .
  • Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Preferred

  • Research publications industry experience at top tech companies or competitive programming background.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

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