Research Analyst - Data Annotation

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Generalist Researcher for a contract role. This remote position involves building answer keys for multimodal evaluation, reviewing materials, and defining what a correct answer must contain.

You will transcribe facts precisely, identify names, titles, models, venues, products, and public figures, and write clear scoring standards. Strong attention to detail and experience in annotation or ground truth work is required.

Qualifications

• Be extremely precise with names and numbers.
• Able to research unfamiliar subjects and find their formal names.
• Follow written specifications exactly.
• Experience in annotation, ground truth, search relevance, cataloguing, or fact checking.

Responsibilities

• Build answer keys for a multimodal search evaluation set.
• Review photos, screenshots, documents, and conversations to define what a correct answer must contain.
• Write the scoring standard rather than score model answers.
• Identify exact names, titles, models, venues, products, and public figures.
• Transcribe facts, labels, and values precisely from the source.
• Read the full conversation before writing ground truth for the final turn.

Skills

Names and numbers precision

Research unfamiliar subjects

Follow specifications

Annotation

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 .

Position: Generalist Researcher

Type: Contract

Compensation: $20–$30/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build answer keys for a multimodal search evaluation set.
• Review photos, screenshots, documents, and conversations to define what a correct answer must contain.
• Write the scoring standard rather than score model answers.
• Identify exact names, titles, models, venues, products, and public figures.
• Transcribe facts, labels, and values precisely from the source.
• Read the full conversation before writing ground truth for the final turn.

Qualifications Must-Have

• Highly precise with names and numbers.
• Ability to research unfamiliar subjects and find their correct formal names.
• Follow written specifications exactly.
• Experience in annotation, ground truth, search relevance, cataloguing, or fact checking.