Senior Excel Expert & Data Modeler for AI Training

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor's GenAI initiative seeks advanced Excel experts with broad, cross-industry experience to shape how AI models learn from spreadsheets. This role focuses on modeling, data analysis, dashboards, and automation across multiple domains, with a strong emphasis on real-world Excel proficiency and scalable training tasks.

You'll design realistic Excel tasks, evaluate solutions, and provide clear feedback, collaborating with subject matter experts.

Qualifications

• Advanced, professional-level Excel expertise including XLOOKUP,INDEX/MATCH, dynamic arrays, PivotTables, Power Query/Power Pivot, macros/VBA.
• Breadth of Excel application across multiple industries and business functions is a strong plus.
• Teaching or training experience and/or a PhD are strong plus.
• Experience in AI training, human data annotation, or model evaluation—Mercor or comparable platform—strong plus.
• Must be able to engage reliably for 40 hours/week weekdays through end of September, then 20 hours/week.
• US-based only.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic Excel tasks drawn from your professional experience and write accurate, well-structured solutions.
• Evaluate Excel tasks and solutions and provide clear, written feedback.
• Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance on Excel-based tasks.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Cross-industry experience

Training experience

PhD (optional)

AI training experience

40 hours/week availability

Strong communication

Education

PhD (optional)

Job description

Mercor's GenAI initiative seeks advanced Excel experts with broad, cross-industry experience to shape how AI models learn from spreadsheets. This role focuses on modeling, data analysis, dashboards, and automation across multiple domains, with a strong emphasis on real-world Excel proficiency and scalable training tasks.

You'll design realistic Excel tasks, evaluate solutions, and provide clear feedback, collaborating with subject matter experts.