Data Scientist | $100/hr Remote | Mercor

At Crossing Hurdles, we work as a referral partner. We refer candidates to Mercor that collaborates with world’s leading AI research labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models. Organization: Mercor Position: Data Scientist Referral partner: Crossing Hurdles Type: Hourly Contract Compensation: $60-$100/hour Location: Remote Duration: Approximately 2 months (extension feasible) Commitment: 10-40 hours per week, fully asynchronous Role Responsibilities: (Training support will be provided) • Focus on hands‑on data science tasks, such as designing experiments • Gathering and preprocessing data • Building and evaluating models, and collaborating closely with engineering teams to deploy production‑ready solutions • Ensure output consistency and quality through collaboration with peers and feedback from reviewers Ideal Qualifications: • Have strong professional experience in data science or applied analytics. • Skilled in Python and Jupyter notebooks. • Have experience using libraries including numpy, pandas, scipy, sympy, scikit-learn, torch, tensorflow. • Have a strong background in one or more of the following areas: exploratory data analysis and statistical inference, machine learning workflows and model evaluation, feature engineering/data preprocessing/data wrangling, or A/B testing/experimentation/causal inference. Application Process: (Takes 20 min) 1. Upload resume 1. AI interview based on your resume (15 min) 1. Submit form