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Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-Training

Mercor · San Francisco

CHECKED 12M AGO

Applied AIonsite$250k–$500k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Develop novel post-training methods to improve model reasoning and agentic behavior.
  • Build large-scale RL pipelines and environments that shape frontier model behavior.
  • Design experiments on data, rewards, and optimization to improve model performance.

What they offer

  • Bi-annual performance bonus structure
  • Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
  • Up to $15k relocation bonus
  • $10K housing bonus if within 0.5 miles of office
  • $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
  • Free Equinox membership
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
  • $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
  • Health, Dental, Vision insurance

Ideal candidate

A rigorous ML researcher excited by post-training and data-centric problems who thrives in high-intensity, in-person collaboration and wants their experiments to shape frontier models and products.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience training and evaluating machine learning models
  • Strong research record in post-training, reinforcement learning, language-model evaluation, data-centric ML, or closely related field
  • Ability to reason rigorously about model behavior, experimental results, and data quality
  • Strong programming skills and experience implementing machine learning systems
  • Knowledge of the current AI research landscape and important open problems
remote policy
In-person five days a week

Lab profile

About Mercor

AI data company organizing human expertise to train frontier models for the AI economy.

What they build

  • APEX benchmark family
  • Mercor Enterprise
  • Human expertise training data platform

Known for

  • Massive domain-expert network
  • Frontier model training infrastructure
  • Real-world professional work evaluation

Key facts

  • Millions of domain experts on platform
  • Pays over $4M per day to experts
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