Applied Philosophy Benchmark Specialist

Job overview

The Applied Philosophy Benchmark Specialist role is fully remote. Compensation is $50–$63 per hour, with a commitment of at least 10 hours per week. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The specialist develops and reviews philosophy questions and solutions that assess deep conceptual understanding. This work supports the creation and verification of challenging benchmarks for expert-level problem solving.

What you'll do

• Author original philosophy questions that test conceptual understanding
• ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined
• rate question difficulty
• provide one correct answer and nine plausible but incorrect alternatives
• write step-by-step solutions in markdown
• supply academic references
• review verification tasks for clarity, completeness, precision, and solvability and explain edits.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

applied philosophy

benchmark specialist

remote

mercor

$50–$63/hour

10+ hours/week

philosophy questions

formal logic

academic references

question verification

ai research labs

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting lists $50–$63 per hour, remote work, and a commitment of 10 or more hours per week. A PhD or doctoral candidacy in philosophy or a related field is required; a master’s degree may be considered for exceptional depth in a subdomain.

About the employer

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