Expert Interviewer

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an experienced Expert Interviewer to vet shortlisted engineers across GPU kernel development, security & vulnerability research, and ML-compiler / accelerator domains for a frontier AI lab engagement. You'll run short, structured interviews and provide a clear, evidence-based read on each candidate's fit.

This fully remote, part-time role requires weekday availability and about 10 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Prior recruiting, interviewing, or technical-vetting experience.
• Comfort assessing senior engineers and conducting structured interviews.
• Weekday business-hours availability and ~10 hours per week, fully remote.

Responsibilities

• Run ~20-minute structured interviews with shortlisted experts, assessing technical depth, communication, and AI-evaluation fit against a provided rubric.
• Confirm each expert's availability, work authorization, and exclusivity, and surface any red flags. Tier each candidate (advance / hold / pass) and write a concise summary for the program team.

Job description

Expert Interviewer

Company: MercorCompensation: $50-$60 per hourCommitment: Part-time positionLocation: US RemoteReferral Reward: Earn up to $960 per successful referral.Referral Link: https://t.mercor.com/nJTOGLocation requirementsUnited StatesSupport a high-priority technical-expert panel for a frontier AI lab as an Expert Interviewer.

Overview

We're seeking an experienced interviewer to help vet shortlisted engineers across GPU kernel development, security & vulnerability research, and ML-compiler / accelerator domains for an AI model training-and-evaluation engagement. You'll run short, structured interviews and give our team a clear, evidence-based read on each expert's fit.

What You'll Do

• Run ~20-minute structured interviews with shortlisted experts, assessing technical depth, communication, and AI-evaluation fit against a provided rubric. Confirm each expert's availability, work authorization, and exclusivity, and surface any red flags. Tier each candidate (advance / hold / pass) and write a concise summary for the program team. Coordinate scheduling within weekday business hours.

What We're Looking For

• Prior recruiting, interviewing, or technical-vetting experience; comfort assessing senior engineers. Strong communication and structured judgment; able to run a warm, professional conversation and stay on time. Weekday business-hours availability. Able to commit reliably to about 10 hours per week, fully remote.

Equal Employment Opportunity: We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or any other legally protected characteristic. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

You will be engaged as an independent contractor. This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule. Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance. Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution. Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.

Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.