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Sr. Data Scientist

$100 - $160 per hour
Full-time

Mercor

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: Data Scientist

Type: Contract

Compensation: $100–$160/hour

Role Responsibilities

  • Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated content in Quant Trading , Bioinformatics , and Astrophysics to strengthen reasoning and rigor in model outputs .
  • Review complex mathematical content for alignment with domain principles and methodologies.
  • Provide clear, structured feedback to AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance.
  • Develop evaluation rubrics and benchmarks for assessing AI-generated mathematical tasks and solutions.
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure consistency, relevance, and coverage across datasets.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • PhD or Master's in a related field.
  • Experience in Quant Trading , Bioinformatics , Astrophysics , or Applied Computational Mathematics .
  • Proficiency with cloud-based data and ML tools such as Google Colab , BigQuery , Databricks , Snowflake , or AWS/Azure analytics tools .

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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Vacancy posted 14 hours ago
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