Research Specialist - Fully Remote

Mercor; Mumbai; Remote; INR 482,000 - 827,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking detail-oriented individuals with 2-3 years of experience in STEM or current postgrad students to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models by creating high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials.

This role offers a part-time commitment of approximately 10–20 hours per week, with an emphasis on structured responsibilities and clear deliverables. Immediate start preferred.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or holding a Masters, or 2–3 years’ experience plus a Bachelor’s from a prestigious institution.
• Strong online research and communication skills.
• Excellent written communication; ability to summarize diverse sources.
• Macbook with Apple Silicon (M-series) or equivalent MacBook models running macOS 15+.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models.
• Benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models with the team.
• Work part-time with moderate hours and immediate start.

Skills

Online research

Communication skills

Written communication

Interdisciplinary degree

Education

Masters studies in progress

Bachelors from top institution

Tools

Macbook (Apple Silicon)

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