Data Science Lead

• *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:**

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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