Generalist Expert

Mercor; India; Remote; INR 5,174,000 - 9,055,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payouts via Stripe

Remote work

Job summary

Mercor invites generalists to join its remote research network, evaluating AI outputs and improving instruction following. You will read prompts, assess reasoning, and provide precise feedback.

Projects start on short notice; you work independently as an independent contractor, with weekly payments through Stripe or Wise. No H1-B or STEM OPT restrictions apply to this pool.

Qualifications

• Careful reading and sound judgment from any professional or academic background.
• Clear written communication since reasoning must be explained.
• Comfort with ambiguous tasks and willingness to flag unclear instructions.

Responsibilities

• Write prompts and reference answers for questions with a clear right answer, using appropriate context.
• Grade model outputs for accuracy, instruction compliance, and completeness.
• Flag when a model is confidently wrong or contradicts itself or a asked question.

Skills

Careful reading

Written communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

Stripe

Wise

Job description

Generalist ExpertCompany: MercorCompensation: $40Commitment: Talent networkLocation: RemoteReferral Link: https://t.mercor.com/P9tlI

The research teams behind the best-known AI models come to Mercor for careful human judgment they can't generate on their own. Your standards and attention become the rubric that frontier AI is graded against. This is a standing listing for generalists who want AI training and evaluation work, not a specific job opening. It stays open whether or not a matching project is running this week. New projects start on short notice, so instead of posting and pulling a listing each time, we keep one open per field and draw from it when one begins.

What the work looks like

• Writing prompts and reference answers on everyday questions that have a right answer, with the context a good response has to account for
• Grading model output on general reasoning: whether the answer is correct, whether it follows the instruction actually given, whether it is complete without padding
• Flagging where a model is confidently wrong, contradicts itself earlier in the same answer, or answers a question that was not asked

Most contracts in this field have paid $40 to $70 an hour, set per project by scope and depth.

What we're looking for

• Careful reading and sound judgment, from a professional or academic background in any field
• Clear written communication, since most of the work involves explaining your reasoning
• Comfort with ambiguous tasks, and willingness to flag unclear instructions

Who this is for

This pool is for people whose work does not fit neatly into one of our specialist networks, or who work across several of them. If you looked through our other listings and none of them quite described you, this is the one. No particular credential is required. What matters is that you read carefully and can say precisely why an answer is wrong.

What to expect

This listing does not accept or reject candidates, so you will not get a decision on it. We reach out when a project matches your background. Depending on what our clients are running, that can be within a week or several months. Finishing the domain expert interview and joining every network you qualify for both improve your odds of being matched. You only need to sign up once to be eligible across all of them. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

You will be engaged as an independent contractor. This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule. Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance. Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution. Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered. Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.