Data Science Specialist
$50 - $100 per hourFull-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 .
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