Senior AI & Data Science Expert — Remote Contract

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor, a San Francisco-based firm connecting elite AI researchers and data scientists, offers a remote contract role for Expert Professionals in AI & Data Science. Location: Remote, 40 hours/week.

You will guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps, design agentic tasks from real-world ML workflows, and write ground-truth solutions. You will evaluate outputs and help build evaluation rubrics.

Strong communication and STEM background required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of research, academic, or industry experience in ML, data science, or STEM fields.
• Proven programming, data analysis, ML modeling, and statistical methods expertise.
• Ability to commit to 40 hours per week on weekdays for the engagement.

Responsibilities

• Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps in AI and data science.
• Design challenging agentic tasks based on real-world ML and data workflows.
• Evaluate AI agent outputs and provide detailed feedback on accuracy and reasoning.
• Develop evaluation rubrics and frameworks for assessing agentic behavior.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure training data quality.

Skills

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

Programming

Statistics

Computational Methods

Job description

Mercor, a San Francisco-based firm connecting elite AI researchers and data scientists, offers a remote contract role for Expert Professionals in AI & Data Science. Location: Remote, 40 hours/week.

You will guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps, design agentic tasks from real-world ML workflows, and write ground-truth solutions. You will evaluate outputs and help build evaluation rubrics.

Strong communication and STEM background required.