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: Senior Data Scientist and Data Engineering Experts
Type: Contract
Compensation: $120?$180/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Design realistic, challenging data science and data engineering tasks, including exploratory analyses , statistical modeling , machine learning pipelines , ETL , and data pipeline design .
• Illustrate "what good looks like" by writing precise, task-specific criteria for data science and data engineering deliverables.
• Apply consistent, evidence-based judgment to ensure assessments are reproducible and defensible.
• Take structured feedback from senior reviewers and iterate on submitted work.
• Train and evaluate frontier AI models using expertise from top technology, quantitative, or financial firms.
• Work independently and asynchronously to improve AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 4+ years of professional data science , data engineering , or machine learning experience.
• Strong command of Python , SQL , statistical modeling , machine learning , experimentation , and causal inference .
• Proven ability to turn messy real-world data into rigorous analyses and reliable pipelines.
• Excellent written English, including the ability to explain technical findings clearly.
• Bachelor's degree from an English-speaking country.
• Detail-oriented, consistent approach to evaluating complex work.

Application Process (Takes 20? 30 mins to complete)

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

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.