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:
Public Health Expert
Type:
Contract
Compensation:
$45–$65/hour
Location:
Remote
Role Responsibilities
• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include surveillance summaries, grant applications, program evaluations, and health-assessment reports.
• Design multi-step tasks based on real workflows. Require navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with other public-health experts to design the environment and shape task scope. Review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for public-health agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.
Qualifications
Must-Have
• 3+ years of full-time experience at a federal health agency, large state/county health department, major academic school of public health, or F500 population-health organization.
• Background in epidemiology, surveillance, outbreak investigation, health policy, or program evaluation.
• Day-to-day use of Esri ArcGIS, Google Maps Platform, SAS, MATLAB, and Socrata/Esri ArcGIS Hub.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.
Preferred
• MPH, PhD, or DrPH. Fluency in biostatistics or GIS.
Compensation & Legal
• Transition from an effective hourly rate to compensation based on throughput of quality work.
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
• 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.
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