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Life, Physical, and Social Science

Advance scientific AI reasoning — 40 roles available

AI Safety Experts — English & Assamese

$20–$22/hr 📍 Remote

**Location**: Remote **Fluent Language Skills Required:** English & Assamese. Native fluency in English and Assamese is required for this position. **Why This Role Exists** At Mercor, we believe the safest AI is the one that’s already been attacked…

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Biologist Talent Network

$60–$80/hr 📍 Remote

**About Mercor’s talent network** Join our Biologist Expert Network to connect with leading AI labs and companies seeking your expertise. **This is an open application for future contract opportunities that match your background and interests.**…

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Biology & Biophysics Researchers (Part-time)

$125–$225/hr 📍 Remote

We are recruiting a select cohort of accomplished biology and biophysics researchers to contribute to the next generation of AI systems for scientific reasoning. Our partner labs are building models that need to reason about molecular biology,…

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Biology / environmental science Evaluator

$80–$120/hr 📍 Remote

We are hiring expert Evaluators in **Biology / environmental science** to review and assess AI-generated work products (documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks) for accuracy, rigor, and domain quality. You will apply deep subject-matter expertise…

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Biology Expert (PhD) — AI Safety

$65–$70/hr 📍 United States

**About the role** We're hiring PhD‑level biologists to help make advanced AI models safer. You'll apply your scientific expertise to evaluate and strengthen how these models handle specialized life‑science topics. No prior AI/ML experience is…

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Biology Research Scientist (BA, MS, PhD's)

$50–$70/hr 📍 Remote

**About the Role** Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research organization to verify protein target assignments in large-scale bioactivity databases (ChEMBL, BindingDB). You'll read primary literature, apply scientific judgment, and determine…

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Biotechnology Research Expert

$1150–$1450 📍 Remote

**Role Overview**\n\nMercor is partnering with leading AI labs to engage experienced biotechnology research scientists — molecular biologists, genomicists, proteomics specialists, and biotech R&D professionals — to improve AI systems' reasoning…

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Chemist Talent Network

$60–$80/hr 📍 Remote

**About Mercor’s talent network** Join our Chemist Expert Network to connect with leading AI labs and companies seeking your expertise. **This is an open application for future contract opportunities that match your background and interests.** Once…

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Chemistry Expert (PhD) — AI Safety

$65–$70/hr 📍 United States

**About the role** We're hiring PhD‑level chemists to help make advanced AI models safer. You'll apply your scientific expertise to evaluate and strengthen how these models handle specialized chemistry topics. No prior AI/ML experience is required —…

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Chemistry Researchers (Part-time)

$125–$225/hr 📍 Remote

We are recruiting a select cohort of accomplished chemistry researchers to contribute to the next generation of AI systems for scientific reasoning. Our partner labs are building models that need to reason about organic synthesis, mechanism,…

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Clinical Research Experts (Chemistry and Biology)

$70–$90/hr 📍 Remote

Mercor is seeking **Clinical Research Experts (Chemistry & Biology)** for a premier project with one of the world’s top AI labs. In this role, you will contribute your subject matter expertise to a cutting-edge project involving state-of-the-art…

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Education / school Evaluator

$80–$120/hr 📍 Remote

We are hiring expert Evaluators in **Education / school** to review and assess AI-generated work products (documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks) for accuracy, rigor, and domain quality. You will apply deep subject-matter expertise to grade…

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Environmental Science Expert

$1150–$1450 📍 Remote

**Role Overview** Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs on **Project Atlas** — an initiative to build realistic enterprise environments that frontier AI agents are trained and evaluated in. We're seeking experienced environmental-science…

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Government / public administration Evaluator

$80–$120/hr 📍 Remote

We are hiring expert Evaluators in **Government / public administration** to review and assess AI-generated work products (documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks) for accuracy, rigor, and domain quality. You will apply deep subject-matter…

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Mathematics Researchers (Part-time)

$90–$150/hr 📍 Remote

We are recruiting a select cohort of accomplished mathematicians to contribute to the next generation of AI systems for scientific and mathematical reasoning. Our partner labs are building models that need to reason about pure and applied…

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Nonprofit / philanthropy / community programs Evaluator

$80–$120/hr 📍 Remote

We are hiring expert Evaluators in **Nonprofit / philanthropy / community programs** to review and assess AI-generated work products (documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks) for accuracy, rigor, and domain quality. You will apply deep…

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Personalized Life Assistant Expert

$50–$200/hr 📍 Remote

A leading AI research organization is seeking advanced LLM power users to evaluate how well AI systems handle personalized, real-world life tasks. This role is for people who use AI tools heavily in their personal lives and can clearly judge whether…

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Physical Scientist Talent Network

$60–$80/hr 📍 Remote

**About Mercor’s talent network** Join our Physical Scientist Expert Network to connect with leading AI labs and companies seeking your expertise. **This is an open application for future contract opportunities that match your background and…

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Physicist Talent Network

$60–$80/hr 📍 Remote

**About Mercor’s talent network** Join our Physicist Expert Network to connect with leading AI labs and companies seeking your expertise. **This is an open application for future contract opportunities that match your background and interests.**…

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Physics - Research Collaborator

$70–$100/hr 📍 Remote, US

**Join a leading AI lab’s cutting-edge research team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced LLMs.** We are seeking advanced **Physics Researchers & PhD Students** to contribute to a…

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Physics PhD

$85/hr 📍 Remote

Mercor is seeking **Physics PhD’s (Graduated)** **specializing in one of the following sub-domains:** **Statistical Mechanics, Condensed Matter & AMO Physics** **Advanced Quantum, Electrodynamics & Classical Mechanics** **String theory, QFT,…

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Physics PhD Experts (Advanced Quantum, Electrodynamics & Classical Mechanics)

$70–$90/hr 📍 Remote

Mercor is seeking **Physics PhD’s (Graduated)** **specializing in Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Electrodynamics, or Advanced classical mechanics** for a premier project with one of the world's top AI labs. In this role, you will contribute…

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Physics PhD Experts (General Relativity, Astrophysics & Cosmology)

$70–$90/hr 📍 Remote

Mercor is seeking **Physics PhD’s (Graduated)** **specializing in General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Cosmology** for a premier project with one of the world's top AI labs. In this role, you will contribute your subject matter expertise to a…

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Physics PhD Experts (Statistical Mechanics, Condensed Matter & AMO Physics)

$70–$90/hr 📍 Remote

Mercor is seeking **Physics PhD’s (Graduated)** **specializing in Statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics, or atomic, molecular and optical physics** for a premier project with one of the world's top AI labs. In this role, you will…

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Physics PhD Experts (String theory, QFT, Particle physics & Nuclear physics)

$70–$90/hr 📍 Remote

Mercor is seeking **Physics PhD’s (Graduated)** **specializing in String theory, Quantum Field theory, particle physics, or nuclear physics** for a premier project with one of the world's top AI labs. In this role, you will contribute your subject…

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Physics Researchers (Part-time)

$125–$225/hr 📍 Remote

We are recruiting a select cohort of accomplished physics researchers to contribute to the next generation of AI systems for scientific reasoning. Our partner labs are building models that need to reason about theoretical physics, condensed matter,…

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Public health communications Evaluator

$80–$120/hr 📍 Remote

We are hiring expert Evaluators in **Public health communications** to review and assess AI-generated work products (documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks) for accuracy, rigor, and domain quality. You will apply deep subject-matter expertise to…

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Research Physics Expert

$80–$140/hr 📍 Remote

We are seeking expert physics researchers to author and verify golden reference solutions for the **CritPt benchmark (arXiv:2509.26574v3)** — a frontier research-level physics benchmark. Participants will solve CritPt research-level problems…

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STEM Computational Scientific Software & Evaluation Design - Astrophysics & Cosmology

$70–$100/hr 📍 Remote

**About the Project** We're building a large-scale evaluation benchmark for advanced AI reasoning across scientific and engineering domains. Our task designers create challenging computational problems that test whether AI systems can use real…

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STEM Computational Scientific Software & Evaluation Design - Bioinformatics & Single-Cell Genomics

$70–$100/hr 📍 Remote

**About the Project** We're building a large-scale evaluation benchmark for advanced AI reasoning across scientific and engineering domains. Our task designers create challenging computational problems that test whether AI systems can use real…

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STEM Computational Scientific Software & Evaluation Design - Computational Bayesian Statistics and Applied Mathematics

$70–$100/hr 📍 Remote

**About the Project** We're building a large-scale evaluation benchmark for advanced AI reasoning across scientific and engineering domains. Our task designers create challenging computational problems that test whether AI systems can use real…

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STEM Computational Scientific Software & Evaluation Design - Computational Chemistry & Electronic Structure

$70–$100/hr 📍 Remote

**About the Project** We're building a large-scale evaluation benchmark for advanced AI reasoning across scientific and engineering domains. Our task designers create challenging computational problems that test whether AI systems can use real…

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STEM Computational Scientific Software & Evaluation Design - Particle & Nuclear Physics

$70–$100/hr 📍 Remote

**About the Project** We're building a large-scale evaluation benchmark for advanced AI reasoning across scientific and engineering domains. Our task designers create challenging computational problems that test whether AI systems can use real…

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STEM Computational Scientific Software & Evaluation Design - Pharmacokinetics & Systems Biology

$70–$100/hr 📍 Remote

**About the Project** We're building a large-scale evaluation benchmark for advanced AI reasoning across scientific and engineering domains. Our task designers create challenging computational problems that test whether AI systems can use real…

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STEM Computational Scientific Software & Evaluation Design - Seismology & Geophysics

$70–$100/hr 📍 Remote

**About the Project** We're building a large-scale evaluation benchmark for advanced AI reasoning across scientific and engineering domains. Our task designers create challenging computational problems that test whether AI systems can use real…

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STEM PhD Experts

$70–$100/hr 📍 Remote

**Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge research team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced LLMs.** We are seeking advanced STEM Researchers and PhD-level subject-matter experts (SMEs)…

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Special Education Expert

$850–$1000 📍 Remote

**Role Overview** Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to engage experienced special education professionals — special education teachers, IEP coordinators, behavioral specialists, and disability services administrators — to improve AI systems'…

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Special education / IEP Evaluator

$80–$120/hr 📍 Remote

We are hiring expert Evaluators in **Special education / IEP** to review and assess AI-generated work products (documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks) for accuracy, rigor, and domain quality. You will apply deep subject-matter expertise to grade…

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UK-Based Top Business School Graduates / Faculty

$120–$170/hr 📍 Remote

Mercor is recruiting UK-based Top Business School Graduates and Faculty with former business school professor/lecturer, research associate, research fellow, and/or doctoral program experience for a research project with a leading foundational model…

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User/customer research and feedback synthesis Evaluator

$80–$120/hr 📍 Remote

We are hiring expert Evaluators in **User/customer research and feedback synthesis** to review and assess AI-generated work products (documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks) for accuracy, rigor, and domain quality. You will apply deep…

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