Machine Learning Research Scientist – PhD

Job overview

The Machine Learning Research Scientist – PhD opportunity is remote. Compensation is $60–$100 per hour. Mercor connects technical talent with leading AI research labs. The role applies machine-learning research expertise to evaluate AI-generated content and strengthen model reasoning and rigor. Through structured feedback, rubrics, and benchmarks, the scientist helps research teams improve training data quality and downstream model performance.

What you'll do

• Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated content
• review machine-learning research for alignment with domain principles and methods
• provide structured feedback to AI research teams
• develop evaluation rubrics and benchmarks
• collaborate with subject-matter experts on dataset consistency, relevance, and coverage
• work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

machine learning research scientist

phd

remote

ai research

model evaluation

training data

evaluation rubrics

benchmarks

icml

neurips

iclr

mercor

$60–$100/hr

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires a PhD in machine learning, computer science, AI, or a related field and at least one main-conference paper at ICML, NeurIPS, or ICLR; reinforcement learning, meta-learning, and AI for science are preferred areas.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.