Research Specialist - Macbook User

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 35,818,000 - 57,308,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor in New York is seeking detail-oriented individuals with 2-3 years of experience in STEM or related fields, or current postgrad students, to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will help benchmark and improve cutting-edge language models.

This part-time role requires a MacBook with M-series chip, strong online research and communication skills, and the ability to summarize information from diverse sources. Immediate start preferred, with 10-20 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Macbook with M-series chip required
• Pursuing/completed Masters or 2–3 years experience + Bachelor from a prestigious institution
• Strong online research and communication skills
• Ability to gather and clearly summarize information from diverse sources
• Excellent written communication skills
• Interdisciplinary degree is a nice to have

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models
• Support benchmarking and improvement of cutting-edge AI models
• Part-time commitment of approximately 10-20 hours per week

Skills

Online research

Communication skills

Summarization

Written communication

Interdisciplinary background (nice to)

Education

Master's studies (pursuing or completed) or 2–3 years experience + Bachelor's

Job description

Role Overview:

Mercor is looking for detail-oriented individuals with 2-3 years of experience in STEM, non-STEM fields, or currently enrolled postgrad college students to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models.

Qualifications:

• Required: All experts on this project must have a Macbook device with an ‘M’ series chip to perform tasks on.
• Currently pursuing or recently completed Masters studies, or have 2-3 years of relevant experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution
• Strong online research and communication skills
• Ability to gather and clearly summarize information from diverse sources
• Excellent written communication skills
• Interdisciplinary degree is a nice to have
• Must have a Macbook with one of the following requirements:
  • Apple Silicon (ARM) Macs
  • M‑series MacBook Pro, or
  • MacBook Air models running macOS 15 or higher

Job Details:

• Part-time commitment of approximately 10-20 hours per week
• Responsibilities include creating high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models
• Clearly structured responsibilities without the high pressure typically found in internships or full-time consulting roles
• Immediate start preferred