Economist, Marketplace

Posted

mercorSan Franciscofull_timemid

Tech Stack

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Responsibilities

  • Design marketplace mechanisms including pricing, incentives, and allocation rules to balance supply and demand.
  • Causally measure marketplace health metrics such as liquidity, match quality, fill rate, time-to-hire, and earnings.
  • Conduct A/B and marketplace/switchback experiments to evaluate interventions under interference.
  • Develop forecasts and models for supply, demand, and capacity across the talent network.
  • Frame economic objectives for ranking, matching, and routing, collaborating with ML and engineering teams.

Soft Skills

MicroeconomicsMarket DesignCausal InferenceExperimentationWritten CommunicationStakeholder ManagementMarketplacesPricingRankingMatching

Benefits

  • Dental
  • Equity
  • Gym/Wellness
  • Health Insurance
  • Mental Health
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Vision

Culture

Fast-PacedCross-Functional Teams

Requirements

Required: Advanced degree (PhD or Master's) in Economics or a related quantitative field, or equivalent applied experience
Regions: Us

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About mercor
Industry: ai
Size: large

Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion, focused on organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy by connecting experts with leading AI labs and enterprises for model training.

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Compensation
Equity: Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
Bonus: Bi-annual performance bonus structure