Education / school (Meridian)

Mercor is seeking experienced educators, curriculum designers, and instructional design professionals to contribute expertise toward frontier AI training and evaluation projects focused on education and school-related workflows.

This role focuses on supporting AI systems through:

• Rubric-style evaluation tasks
• Educational reasoning analysis
• LLM prompt design
• AI output evaluation
• Curriculum and instructional workflow assessment

The ideal candidate has prior experience completing Mercor rubric-based tasks and is comfortable evaluating AI-generated educational and instructional outputs.

Key Responsibilities

• Support projects involving:

  • Education
  • Curriculum development
  • Instructional design
  • Academic content creation
  • Learning strategy
  • Educational assessment

• Design and refine:

  • LLM prompts
  • Educational evaluation rubrics
  • Instructional reasoning tasks

• Evaluate AI-generated outputs for:

  • Educational quality
  • Instructional effectiveness
  • Curriculum alignment
  • Pedagogical accuracy
  • Learning clarity

• Apply expertise in:

  • Curriculum design
  • Teaching methodologies
  • Instructional frameworks
  • Assessment strategies
  • Educational content development

• Contribute domain expertise to improve AI systems trained on real-world educational and school-related scenarios

Ideal Qualifications

• Experience as:

  • Educator
  • Curriculum designer
  • Instructional designer
  • Academic specialist
  • Learning & development professional

• Prior experience with:

  • Mercor rubric-style tasks
  • LLM evaluation
  • Prompt design
  • AI output assessment

• Strong:

  • Analytical thinking
  • Educational reasoning
  • Written communication
  • Content evaluation abilities

• Ability to assess instructional and educational outputs with consistency and rigor

Compensation

• $50–100/hour
• Weekly payments through Stripe or Wise

Contract & Payment Terms

• Independent contractor engagement
• Fully remote work
• Flexible schedule
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded depending on business needs and performance
• Work does not involve access to confidential employer or client information

Important Note

Mercor currently cannot support:

• H1-B candidates
• STEM OPT candidates

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train and improve frontier AI systems using real-world human expertise.

Contributors collaborate with researchers and education professionals on projects shaping the future of AI-driven learning systems, educational reasoning, and instructional design workflows.