Research Specialist - Macbook User

Mercor; Singapore; On-site; SGD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking detail-oriented individuals to support a research project with a leading AI lab in Singapore. The role involves benchmarking and improving cutting-edge AI models and requires 2-3 years of experience in STEM or related fields, or current postgraduate students.

You will develop research questions, generate answers, and craft evaluation materials for advanced language models. Candidates must own a MacBook with M-series Apple Silicon, and have strong online research and written

Qualifications

• MacBook with M-series chip is required.
• Masters degree or 2-3 years experience + Bachelor's from a prestigious institution.
• Excellent written communication and strong online research skills.
• Ability to gather and summarize information from diverse sources.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality research questions for training language models.
• Prepare answers and evaluation materials for benchmarking AI models.
• Summarize information from diverse sources for model evaluation.

Skills

Online research

Written communication

Information synthesis

Clear summarization

Education

Masters degree

Bachelor's from a prestigious institution

Tools

Apple Silicon Macs

M-series MacBook Pro

MacBook Air with macOS 15+

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