Economics PhD - Benchmark & Assessment Specialist (Remote)

Mercor; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Mercor is seeking expert economists and finance professionals to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous MCQs across economics and finance, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

Role types: Question Authoring or Question Verification with rating of difficulty and documentation of edits.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Economics, Finance, or closely related field.
• Strong command of graduate-level economic theory, quantitative methods, and financial modeling.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Author original economics and finance questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor.
• Rate each question's difficulty and document any edits and justifications.
• Provide step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear intermediate steps.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.

Skills

Economics theory

Quantitative methods

Academic writing

Question design

Education

PhD in Economics

Master's degree with exceptional depth in a subdomain

Tools

Stata

R

LaTeX

Job description

Mercor is seeking expert economists and finance professionals to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous MCQs across economics and finance, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

Role types: Question Authoring or Question Verification with rating of difficulty and documentation of edits.