AI Assessment Specialist — PhD Trainer (Remote)

Mercor; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

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

You will be assigned one of two task types: Question Authoring or Question Verification, with responsibilities spanning question creation, difficulty rating, and detailed

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or doctoral candidate.
• Strong command of graduate-level CS theory, algorithms, systems design, and ML.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly.
• Publications or competitive programming background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Author original CS questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Verify questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor with edits when needed.
• Rate difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but incorrect alternatives.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in Markdown.
• Supply 1-5 academic references per question.
• For verification tasks, flag clarity and solvability issues with justifications.

Skills

Graduate-level CS theory

Algorithms

Systems design

Machine learning

English proficiency

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Master's degree considered

Job description

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

You will be assigned one of two task types: Question Authoring or Question Verification, with responsibilities spanning question creation, difficulty rating, and detailed