Machine Learning Expert

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: Machine Learning Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$120/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
Write modeling problems from systems you have shipped, including data, objectives, constraints, and reference answers for model grading.
Grade model-written training and evaluation code, ensuring loss matches objectives, and evaluating set integrity.
Flag models proposing approaches that might fail in production due to distribution shift, label noise, or incorrect metric rewards.
Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.
Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance training data quality and downstream performance.
Qualifications
Must-Have
Professional experience training, evaluating, or deploying machine learning systems.
Clear written communication skills for explaining reasoning.
Comfort with ambiguous tasks and willingness to flag unclear instructions.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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Resources & Support
For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/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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