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: ML Research PhD Experts (ICML / NeurIPS / ICLR Publications)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $110–$145/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated content to strengthen reasoning and rigor in model outputs .
- Review complex machine learning research 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 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 in Machine Learning , Computer Science , AI , or a closely related field.
- Published at least one main conference paper at ICML, NeurIPS, or ICLR .
- Strong preference for candidates with 2+ publications at these venues.
- Demonstrated experience conducting original ML research .
Preferred
- Expertise in Reinforcement Learning (RL) .
- Experience with Meta-Learning .
- Knowledge of Recursive Self-Improvement .
- Familiarity with AI for Science (e.g., weather forecasting, protein modeling, scientific discovery).
Start Date
- Urgent ; initial data/results expected Monday / Tuesday 27th July .
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