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Data Science Specialist

$50 - $100 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: Researcher and Technical Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $50–$100/hour

Commitment: 30+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Design challenging, real-world STEM problems to evaluate model reasoning and problem-solving.
  • Implement tasks using Python in an agentic development environment.
  • Analyze model/agent behavior to diagnose reasoning gaps and improve performance.
  • Develop reproducible and testable deliverables with clear specifications and deterministic tests.
  • Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance model outputs and training data quality.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and project goals.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Deep expertise in data science, machine learning, finance, and/or Python-based coding .
  • Active or recently graduated PhD (Top 20 U.S.-based school) .
  • Strong research background in frontier STEM topics .
  • Ability to engage reliably for 30+ hours/week , primarily on weekdays.
  • Demonstrated technical output such as high-quality open-source contributions.
  • Comfort reading and reasoning about agent behavior traces to diagnose failure modes.

Preferred

  • Familiarity with agentic frameworks and OSS ecosystems like LangChain , MetaGPT , AutoGen , AutoGPT , CrewAI , LlamaIndex , BabyAGI , SuperAGI , CAMEL , AgentGPT , Dify .

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

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