Research Assistant - AI Project

Mercor; Mumbai; On-site; INR 223,000 - 335,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking detail-oriented individuals in Mumbai to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models while working 10-20 hours per week.

Candidates pursuing or completing Masters or with 2-3 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor from a prestigious institution are encouraged. A Macbook with M-series or Apple Silicon is required.

Qualifications

• Macbook with M-series chip required.
• Pursuing or completed Masters; or 2-3 years of relevant experience plus a Bachelors from a prestigious institution.
• Strong online research and communication skills.
• Ability to gather and summarize information from diverse sources.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Interdisciplinary background is a nice to have.
• Mac hardware specifics: Apple Silicon (ARM), M-series MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air with macOS 15+.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models.
• Maintain clearly structured responsibilities without high pressure typical of internships or full-time consulting roles.
• Support immediate start and part-time commitment 10-20 hours per week.

Skills

Online research

Communication skills

Summarization

Written communication

Interdisciplinary background

Education

Masters studies or 2-3 years experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution

Job description

Role Overview:

Mercor is looking for detail-oriented individuals with 2-3 years of experience in STEM, non-STEM fields, or currently enrolled postgrad college students to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models.

Qualifications:

• Required: All experts on this project must have a Macbook device with an 'M' series chip to perform tasks on.

• Currently pursuing or recently completed Masters studies, or have 2-3 years of relevant experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution

• Strong online research and communication skills

• Ability to gather and clearly summarize information from diverse sources

• Excellent written communication skills

• Interdisciplinary degree is a nice to have

• Must have a Macbook with one of the following requirements:

  • Apple Silicon (ARM) Macs

  • M-series MacBook Pro, or

  • MacBook Air models running macOS 15 or higher

Job Details:

• Part-time commitment of approximately 10-20 hours per week

• Responsibilities include creating high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models

• Clearly structured responsibilities without the high pressure typically found in internships or full-time consulting roles

• Immediate start preferred