STEM Researcher — Computational Fields
Mercor
$60 – $90/hour · as listed
This advanced-level STEM researcher role focuses on computational work supporting frontier AI model development. You'll contribute to building evaluation benchmarks and infrastructure for generative AI systems, working within a leading AI lab's research team. The position suits researchers with strong coding backgrounds and expertise in computational fields, including those from quantitative social sciences. Based in the US, this is a full-time remote opportunity at 35 hours per week, paying $60–$90 per hour.
The work involves AI data work and technical problem-solving across computational domains. You'll apply your research skills to challenges at the intersection of AI development and rigorous evaluation methodology. This role is ideal for professionals who want hands-on involvement in advancing state-of-the-art AI systems and have the technical depth to work on complex, specialized tasks.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · full-time · 35h/week. Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced AI models. ## 1\. Overview A leading AI lab is building the next generation of agentic evaluation benchmarks for frontier models and is recruiting researchers from computational STEM fields — as well as computationally heavy social sciences a
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