History & Political Science Benchmark Specialist (Remote)

Mercor; Bogotá ciudad; On-site; COP 22,320,000 - 35,712,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experts in history and political science to author and review high-quality assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core history and political science domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

This remote, asynchronous role requires a PhD or doctoral candidacy and offers flexible commitment of 10+ hours per week.

Qualifications

• Advanced research and critical thinking in history and political science.
• Ability to design robust multiple-choice questions and solutions.
• Experience with academic writing and referencing.

Responsibilities

• Author original history and political science MCQs testing deep conceptual understanding.
• Rate question difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear reasoning in markdown.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.
• Flag clarity/solvability issues and justify edits for verification tasks.

Skills

Research methods

Historiography

Policy analysis

Academic writing

Education

PhD or doctoral candidate

Master's degree considered

Job description

Mercor is seeking experts in history and political science to author and review high-quality assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core history and political science domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

This remote, asynchronous role requires a PhD or doctoral candidacy and offers flexible commitment of 10+ hours per week.