Commerce Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $98/hr

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 106,000 - 135,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor, headquartered in San Francisco, seeks a rigorous contractor to craft high-level AI research questions. This remote role offers flexible hours and requires precision in problem definition and solution clarity.

You will design questions with one correct answer and nine plausible alternatives, provide step-by-step reasoning, and gather 1–5 academic references. 10+ hours weekly, compensation $77–$98 per hour.

Qualifications

• PhD/DBA or doctoral candidate in business administration or related field.
• Strong command of graduate-level business strategy, organizational theory, and quantitative methods.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Author original business questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with concise reasoning in markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.
• For verification tasks: flag clarity/solvability issues and justify edits.

Skills

Graduate-level business strategy

Quantitative methods

Excellent written English

Education

PhD in Business Administration

DBA or doctoral candidate

MBA (exceptional depth)

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Role Responsibilities

• Author original business questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. All necessary information must be in the problem statement.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources like peer-reviewed journals and university repositories.
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications

• PhD, DBA, or doctoral candidate in Business Administration, Management, Marketing, or a closely related field.
• MBA or Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
• Strong command of graduate-level business strategy, organizational theory, and quantitative methods.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.
• PreferredIndustry leadership experience or research publications in business fields is a strong plus.

Type:Contract
Compensation:$77–$98/hour
Location:Remote
Commitment:10+ hours/week