Role Overview

Mercor is looking for detail-oriented individuals with 2-3 years of experience in STEM, non-STEM fields, or currently enrolled postgrad college students to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models.

Qualifications

- Required: All experts on this project must have a Macbook device with an ‘M’ series chip to perform tasks on.
- Currently pursuing or recently completed Masters studies, or have 2-3 years of relevant experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution
- Strong online research and communication skills
- Ability to gather and clearly summarize information from diverse sources
- Excellent written communication skills
- Interdisciplinary degree is a nice to have
- Must have a Macbook with one of the following requirements:
- Apple Silicon (ARM) Macs
- M‑series MacBook Pro, or
- MacBook Air models running macOS 15 or higher

Job Details

- Part-time commitment of approximately 10-20 hours per week
- Responsibilities include creating high-quality research questions, answers, and evaluation materials to train advanced language models
- Clearly structured responsibilities without the high pressure typically found in internships or full-time consulting roles
- Immediate start preferred

Application And Onboarding Process

- Submit your resume, followed by a brief (15-minute) conversation with our AI interviewer to assess research and reasoning skills
- Complete a brief paid assessment to further evaluate your fit for the role




- You will receive follow-up communication within a few days regarding your application status and next steps

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

- You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
- This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
- Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
- Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

? Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined ?

Key Responsibilities

- ? Creating high-quality research materials
- ? Supporting a research project
- ⏰ Working part-time

Key Strengths

- ? Robust online research and communication skills
- ✍️ Excellent written communication skills
- ? Ability to gather and summarize information
- ? Interdisciplinary degree

Why Mercor is partnering with Hatch on this role. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that’s right for them. So when you apply you have the chance to than just your resume. A Final Note: This is a role with Mercor not with Hatch.

📌 Generalist (Macbook User) - AI Training @ Mercor (Australia)
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