Data Scientist

About the job

• *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**, • *Jack Dorsey**. • *Position:** Data Scientist • *Type:** Part-time • *Compensation:** $100–$160/hour • *Role Responsibilities**• Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated content in Quant Trading, Bioinformatics, and Astrophysics to strengthen reasoning and rigor in model outputs. • Review complex mathematical content for alignment with domain principles and methodologies. • Provide clear, structured feedback to AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance. • Develop evaluation rubrics and benchmarks for assessing AI-generated mathematical tasks and solutions. • Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure consistency, relevance, and coverage across datasets. • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance. • *Qualifications** • *Must-Have** • PhD or Master's in a related field. • Experience in Quant Trading, Bioinformatics, Astrophysics, or Applied Computational Mathematics. • Proficiency with cloud-based data and ML tools such as Google Colab, BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, or AWS/Azure analytics tools. • *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/welcome • For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com • PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.*

Requirements

• Quant Trading
• Bioinformatics
• Astrophysics
• Applied Computational Mathematics
• Cloud-based data and ML tools

Qualifications

• PhD
• Master's in a related field

Preferred Technologies

• Quant Trading
• Bioinformatics
• Astrophysics
• Applied Computational Mathematics
• Cloud-based data and ML tools

About the company

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has a strong investment background.