- Pay
- $40 – $50 per hour
- Where
- San Francisco
- Posted
- Aug 19
Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.
Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society.
What you'd do
- Impact: Your work powers how AI labs train and deploy their models
- Learning: Get early exposure to frontier AI research and engineering
- Growth: Work with a high-velocity team where interns ship to production
What they want
- Pursuing a degree in a quantitative field (graduating 2026–2028).
- Strong fundamentals in statistics, SQL, and Python.
- Experience with experiment design, causal reasoning, and data analysis.
- Ability to communicate clearly with engineers, product managers, and leadership.
- Curiosity about LLM evaluation, retrieval, ranking, or marketplace dynamics (a plus).
- Excited to work in person and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Nice-to-haves: experience with dbt, dashboarding tools, recommendation/search metrics, or LLM/agent evaluation.
What you get
- Bi-annual performance bonus structure
- Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
- Up to $15k Relocation bonus
- $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
- $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
- Free Equinox membership
- $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
- $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
- Health, Dental, Vision insurance