AI Research Expert (Machine Learning) — Remote

Job overview

The AI Research Expert (Machine Learning) role is listed as remote, with San Francisco, CA shown as the listing location. Compensation is $110–$145 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. This role evaluates AI-generated content and machine learning research, provides structured feedback to research teams, and develops evaluation rubrics and benchmarks. The work supports stronger training data and improved 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 methodologies
• provide structured feedback to AI research teams on training data quality and downstream performance
• 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

ai research

machine learning

ai-generated content

research evaluation

evaluation rubrics

benchmarks

training data

phd required

icml

neurips

iclr

remote

san francisco ca

mercor

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 publication at ICML, NeurIPS, or ICLR. Reinforcement learning, meta-learning, recursive self-improvement, 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.