Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Develop and investigate research questions related to post-training, RLVR, data quality, and model evaluation.
- Design and run controlled experiments to understand how datasets, rewards, and training strategies affect model performance.
- Study reward-shaping and post-training methods, including approaches such as GRPO and DAPO.
- Design and evaluate datasets, rubrics, evaluators, and scoring frameworks for complex model capabilities.
- Build the research tooling and data pipelines needed to conduct experiments at scale.
Benefits
- Equity
- Gym Membership
Culture
Fast-PacedStartup EnergyMentorship Program
Requirements
Required: Currently pursuing a master’s or PhD in computer science, machine learning, statistics, mathematics, or another relevant field.
Preferred: Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, machine learning, or related fields.
Regions: Gb, Us
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About mercor
Industry: ai
Size: enterprise
Mercor is a leading AI data company valued at $10B that builds infrastructure connecting human expertise with frontier models to power the AI economy.
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