Remote Economics PhD – AI Question Author & Reviewer

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks 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 core economics and finance domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks.

Two task types: Question Authoring and Question Verification. Role is asynchronous, fully remote with 10+ hours/week commitment.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics or Finance (or doctoral candidate)
• Master's degree considered for exceptional depth
• Strong command of graduate-level economic theory, quantitative methods, and financial modeling
• Experience with academic research or CFA/CPA is a strong plus
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly

Responsibilities

• Author original economics and finance questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined
• 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 intermediate steps in markdown format
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories)
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made

Skills

Economics theory

Quantitative methods

Financial modeling

Written English

Education

PhD in Economics/Finance

Master's degree (exceptional depth)

Job description

Mercor seeks 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 core economics and finance domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks.

Two task types: Question Authoring and Question Verification. Role is asynchronous, fully remote with 10+ hours/week commitment.