Chief Data Scientist | Upto $160/hr Hourly

Part-time

Posted on: 4 days ago

  • *About The Job**
  • *Mercor**

  • connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include
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  • *General Catalyst**

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  • *Peter Thiel**

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  • *Adam D'Angelo**

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  • *Larry Summers**

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  • *Jack Dorsey**

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  • *Position:**

  • Data Scientist
  • *Type:**
  • *Contract**
  • *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.*

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