Target Expertise • Professor (Assistant, Associate, or Full), postdoctoral fellow/associate, or late-stage (year 4+) PhD student whose primary field is data science • Demonstrated record of publishing original results in leading pure-math journals or presenting at major conferences. • Active Research & Workflow • Actively conducting cutting-edge research or advanced data-science work that demands significant reasoning, problem-solving, and methodological creativity. Career Stage & Credentials • Holds (or is completing) a PhD in Data Science • For faculty: maintains an active research program alongside graduate mentoring and limited teaching duties • Domains: Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Econometrics, Operations Research, Computational Social Science, Astro-statistics, Quantitative Finance, etc • Explicitly not focused on biological or biomedical data pipelines (i.e., not Bioinformatics or Computational Biology) Here are more details about the role • The work is fully asynchronous and can be done around your schedule • You must be able to commit at least 20 hours per week for this role • This contract is expected to last at least 1 month with potential to be extended depending on quality of work and engagement • Successful contributions increase the odds that you are selected on future projects with Mercor With respect to pay and legal stat • We will pay you out at the end of each week via Stripe Connect based on the number of hours you log • You will be classified as an “at-will” contractor to Mercor • Please note that we cannot currently support H1-B or STEM OPT status candidates About Mercor • Our team is based in San Francisco, • CA.We specialize in recruiting experts for top AI l • abs.Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request