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: Expert Professionals — AI & Data Science — IN Type: Contract Compensation: $27–$32/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 40 hours/week Role Responsibilities Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps in data science , AI , and machine learning domains. Surface nuances that distinguish expert-level work from surface-level reasoning. Design challenging data science and AI tasks rooted in real-world statistical modeling , ML pipelines , data engineering , and software workflows. Write accurate, well-documented solutions that serve as ground truth. Evaluate AI agent outputs and data science solutions . Provide detailed written feedback that captures correctness, efficiency, and reasoning quality. Develop and refine evaluatio...