Remote Research Specialist for AI Language Models (Contract)

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Generalist contractor to support the development of language models from a remote location. You will own MacBooks for the role and contribute to research, data gathering, and evaluation tasks with flexible, asynchronous work hours.

Immediate start preferred. This 10-20 hour per week contract offers compensation at $50–$60 per hour and collaboration with AI research teams across diverse projects.

Qualifications

• Must have access to a MacBook (Apple Silicon or M-series).
• Strong online research and clear written communication skills.
• Ability to summarize information from diverse sources clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models.
• Evaluate and improve AI model performance through structured research and analysis.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance model outputs and training data quality.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet project deadlines with flexibility.
• Gather and summarize information from diverse sources to support AI model training.

Skills

Macbook proficiency

Online research

Written communication

Source summarization

Independent remote work

Education

Master's studies or 2-3 years experience + Bachelor's

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Generalist contractor to support the development of language models from a remote location. You will own MacBooks for the role and contribute to research, data gathering, and evaluation tasks with flexible, asynchronous work hours.

Immediate start preferred. This 10-20 hour per week contract offers compensation at $50–$60 per hour and collaboration with AI research teams across diverse projects.