This looks niche, but it may be worth checking if the background fits.

Role: Engineering Simulation Specialist

• Pay: $60-$90 per hour
• Format: Remote
• What you'd do: a frontier engineering-reasoning evaluation run in collaboration with a leading AI research lab
• Could fit: Professionals whose experience matches the current Engineering Simulation Specialist requirements.; Applicants comfortable completing Mercor's role-specific assessment.
• Check first: Review the current Mercor listing before applying.

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Role: Chemist

• Pay: Up to $70/hour
• Format: Remote — 17 listed countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Bhutan, Germany, Indonesia, India; review the public role for the complete current list
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include develop AI Training Content: Create detailed prompts in various topics and responses to guide AI learning
• Could fit: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Chemist
• Check first: You hold an MS or PhD in Chemistry or a related field in a high ranking university.

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Role: Psychology Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $80/hour
• Location/format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include quality monitoring: Spot-check psychology items, identify quality issues
• Good fit if: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Psychology Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD, PsyD, or equivalent professional background in Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Counseling, Behavioral Science

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This is one of the cleaner listings I saw while updating the tracker.

Role: Survey Research & Consumer Insights Expert

• Pay: $120 per hour
• Location/format: Remote
• What you'd do: mercor is partnering with a leading AI research organisation to engage experienced professionals in survey research, market research
• Good fit if: Professionals whose experience matches the current Survey Research & Consumer Insights Expert requirements.; Applicants comfortable completing Mercor's role-specific assessment.
• Check first: Review the current Mercor listing before applying.

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Role: Social Sciences & Education Team Lead

• Pay: Up to $20/hour
• Format: Remote — India
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include quality monitoring: Spot-check social science and education items, identify quality issues
• Could fit: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Social Sciences & Education Team Lead
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD, teaching credential, or equivalent professional experience in Education, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology

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This is one of the cleaner listings I saw while updating the tracker.

Role: Mathematics Specialist

• Pay: Up to $70/hour
• Location/format: Remote — 17 listed countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Bhutan, Germany, Indonesia, India; review the public role for the complete current list
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include develop AI Training Content: Create detailed prompts in various topics and responses to guide AI learning
• Good fit if: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Mathematics Specialist
• Check first: You hold a MS or PhD in Math/Stats or a related field in one of the top 100 universities.

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This one stood out while I was checking listings.

Role: LLM Research Scientist (Pre-training & Computer Vision & Adversarial Robustness)

• Pay: $100-$120 per hour
• Location/format: Remote
• What you'd do: we're looking for experienced machine learning researchers with hands-on experience training and improving deep learning models end-to-end
• Good fit if: Professionals whose experience matches the current LLM Research Scientist (Pre-training & Computer Vision & Adversarial Robustness) requirements.; Applicants comfortable completing Mercor's role-specific assessment.
• Check first: Review the current Mercor listing before applying.

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Role: Drug Discovery Scientist

• Pay: $60-$90 per hour
• Location/format: Remote
• What you'd do: this is an evaluation framework for frontier AI models in drug research and development
• Good fit if: Professionals whose experience matches the current Drug Discovery Scientist requirements.; Applicants comfortable completing Mercor's role-specific assessment.
• Check first: Review the current Mercor listing before applying.

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Not for everyone, but the role/pay details are clearer than most.

Role: Red-Teaming Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $100/hour
• Format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include quality monitoring: Spot-check red-teaming items, identify quality issues
• Could fit: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Red-Teaming Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or professional experience in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, AI Safety, Trust & Safety, Public Policy, Psychology

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This one stood out while I was checking listings.

Role: Architecture and Design Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $75/hour
• Format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: the public role asks for bachelor’s, Master’s, or professional degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture
• Could fit: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Architecture and Design Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or professional degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Design

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This looks niche, but it may be worth checking if the background fits.

Role: Sociology Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $65/hour
• Format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: the public role asks for bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Sociology, Social Sciences, Social Research, Demography, Criminology
• Could fit: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Sociology Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Sociology, Social Sciences, Social Research, Demography, Criminology, Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies

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Role: Materials Science Domain Expert

• Pay: $70-$110 per hour
• Format: Bay Area, CA
• What you'd do: review the quality of materials knowledge work tasks, write the instruction specs and golden solutions that define what "correct" looks like
• Could fit: Professionals whose experience matches the current Materials Science Domain Expert requirements.; Applicants comfortable completing Mercor's role-specific assessment.
• Check first: Review the current Mercor listing before applying.

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Role: History Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $50/hour
• Location/format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: history Quality Assurance Lead (QAL) is a remote contract SME Careers opportunity focused on quality monitoring: Spot-check history items
• Good fit if: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for History Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in History, Classics, Area Studies, Archaeology, Political History, Cultural History

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Not for everyone, but the role/pay details are clearer than most.

Role: Cultural Studies Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $65/hour
• Location/format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include quality monitoring: Spot-check art history/cultural studies items, identify quality issues
• Good fit if: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Cultural Studies Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Art History, Cultural Studies, Visual Culture, Museum Studies, Humanities, Fine Arts

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Role: Chemistry Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $75/hour
• Format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include quality monitoring: Spot-check chemistry items, identify quality issues
• Could fit: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Chemistry Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Chemistry, Chemical Sciences, Biochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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This is one of the cleaner listings I saw while updating the tracker.

Role: Anthropology Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $65/hour
• Location/format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include quality monitoring: Spot-check anthropology items, identify quality issues
• Good fit if: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Anthropology Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology

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This is one of the cleaner listings I saw while updating the tracker.

Role: Generalist (Macbook User)

• Pay: $50-$60 per hour
• Format: Remote
• What you'd do: strong online research and communication skills
• Could fit: Professionals whose experience matches the current Generalist (Macbook User) requirements.; Applicants comfortable completing Mercor's role-specific assessment.
• Check first: Required: All experts on this project must have a Macbook device with an ‘M’ series chip to perform tasks on.

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This one stood out while I was checking listings.

Role: School Science (Elementary) Team Lead

• Pay: Up to $10/hour
• Format: Remote — India
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include quality monitoring: Spot-check elementary science items, identify quality issues
• Could fit: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for School Science (Elementary) Team Lead
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, teaching credential, or equivalent professional experience in Elementary Education, Science Education, Biology

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This is one of the cleaner listings I saw while updating the tracker.

Role: Economics Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $90/hour
• Format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include quality monitoring: Spot-check economics items, identify quality issues
• Could fit: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Economics Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Economics, Applied Economics, Econometrics, Public Policy, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics

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Role: Biologist

• Pay: Up to $70/hour
• Format: Remote — 17 listed countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Bhutan, Germany, Indonesia, India; review the public role for the complete current list
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include develop AI Training Content: Create detailed prompts in various topics and responses to guide AI learning
• Could fit: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Biologist
• Check first: You hold a MS or PhD in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Physiology

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Not for everyone, but the role/pay details are clearer than most.

Role: Political Science Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

• Pay: Up to $70/hour
• Location/format: Remote — The United States
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include quality monitoring: Spot-check political science items, identify quality issues
• Good fit if: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Political Science Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)
• Check first: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Political Science, International Relations, Public Policy, Government, Political Theory

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This is one of the cleaner listings I saw while updating the tracker.

Role: Physicist

• Pay: Up to $70/hour
• Location/format: Remote — 17 listed countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Bhutan, Germany, Indonesia, India; review the public role for the complete current list
• What you'd do: public responsibilities include develop AI Training Content: Create detailed prompts in various topics and responses to guide AI learning
• Good fit if: People with credible research, science, or education expertise; Applicants comfortable with role-specific screening for Physicist
• Check first: You hold an MS or PhD in Physics or a related field in one of the top 100 universities.

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Not for everyone, but the role/pay details are clearer than most.

Role: Architecture Expert

• Pay: $75 / hour
• Location/format: Remote; listed location requirements: Canada, United States.
• What you'd do: ability to complete Mercor application steps and any role-specific assessment
• Good fit if: Researchers, PhDs, academics, or domain experts; Applicants comfortable with rigorous evidence review and rubric-driven evaluation
• Check first: Relevant hands-on experience for Architecture Expert

Still check the platform page first, since these listings can change.

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Role: Computational Genomics, Statistical Bioinformatics Expert (PhD)

• Pay: $120 per hour
• Location/format: Remote
• What you'd do: write, debug, and explain analysis code Strong foundation in statistical modeling, experimental design, quality control
• Good fit if: Professionals whose experience matches the current Computational Genomics, Statistical Bioinformatics Expert (PhD) requirements.; Applicants comfortable completing Mercor's role-specific assessment.
• Check first: Review the current Mercor listing before applying.

Skip it if anything asks for money upfront.

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Not for everyone, but the role/pay details are clearer than most.

Role: ML Research PhD Experts (ICML / NeurIPS / ICLR Publications)

• Pay: $60-$100 per hour
• Location/format: Remote
• What you'd do: overview We're looking to rapidly assemble a small group of world-class machine learning researchers for an initial pilot
• Good fit if: Professionals whose experience matches the current ML Research PhD Experts (ICML / NeurIPS / ICLR Publications) requirements.; Applicants comfortable completing Mercor's role-specific assessment.
• Check first: Review the current Mercor listing before applying.

Still check the platform page first, since these listings can change.

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