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Posted May 17, 2026

Data Scientist – Fully Remote

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• *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: [email protected] • PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.* , Apply tot his job Apply To this Job