Education Specialist — Curriculum Design

Job overview

The Education Specialist — Curriculum Design opportunity is remote, with the listing associated with San Francisco, CA. Compensation is $45–$60 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with AI research labs. The role applies education expertise to improve AI-generated educational work. The specialist designs realistic teaching and curriculum tasks, evaluates outputs for accuracy and pedagogical quality, and provides structured examples and feedback to the research team.

What you'll do

• Design realistic educational scenarios and tasks based on work such as lesson planning and curriculum design
• review and compare AI-generated educational outputs for accuracy, standards alignment, and pedagogical soundness
• create structured examples reflecting educator reasoning
• provide written feedback to improve AI performance in teaching tasks
• collaborate asynchronously with the research team.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

education specialist

remote

mercor

curriculum design

ai education

lesson planning

educational scenarios

output evaluation

pedagogy

standards alignment

written feedback

research collaboration

$45–$60/hour

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires three or more years of professional education experience and a bachelor’s degree in education or a subject-matter field. Teaching credentials and advanced degrees are preferred.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.