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Human Baseliner for Open-Ended ML Research Tasks Type: Contract Compensation: $75-$90/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 20+ hours/week Role Responsibilities * Attempt open-ended machine learning ...

Front End Developer

Mountain View, CA · On-site +1

$122K - $142K/yr

Remote- PST Work Auth: USC, GC, EAD Contract Length: 12 months + extension INT process: IKM -> 3 ... on open ended problems, someone who is initiative driven (may not be given specific tasks) • ...

Research Scientist

Redwood City, CA · On-site +1

$200K - $350K/yr

We're looking for someone who thrives on rapid iteration, solving open-ended challenges, and driving innovation from research into production. Location: Redwood City or San Francisco OR REMOTE Main ...

Fully remote position Growth Opportunities This role offers potential advancement to Team Lead and/or Supervisor positions. The role is long-term and open-ended. As part of our promise to talent ...

Fully remote position Growth Opportunities This role offers potential advancement to Team Lead and/or Supervisor positions. The role is long-term and open-ended. As part of our promise to talent ...

Fully remote position Growth Opportunities This role offers potential advancement to Team Lead and/or Supervisor positions. The role is long-term and open-ended. As part of our promise to talent ...

Fully remote position Growth Opportunities This role offers potential advancement to Team Lead and/or Supervisor positions. The role is long-term and open-ended. As part of our promise to talent ...

They are fully remote and growing fast. How long has the company been operating? 2017 Total company ... Create clarity in ambiguous technical domains, breaking down open-ended problems into actionable ...

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Regulatory Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site +1

$85K - $175K/yr

... open-ended problems which may change day-by-day. Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of ... Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually ...

... open-ended problems which may change day-by-day. Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of ... Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually ...

... open-ended problems which may change day-by-day. Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of ... Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually ...

Senior Process Controls Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site +1

$122K - $158K/yr

... open-ended problems which may change day-by-day. Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of ... Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually ...

Process Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site +1

$80K - $155K/yr

... open-ended problems which may change day-by-day. Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of ... Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually ...

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Machine Learning Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $90/hr

Mercor

San Francisco, CA • Remote

$90/hr

Full-time

Re-posted 7 days ago


Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Human Baseliner for Open-Ended ML Research Tasks
Type: Contract
Compensation: $75–$90/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Attempt open-ended machine learning research tasks under a fixed time and compute budget.
  • Work independently in a sandboxed Linux environment with internet access.
  • Use preferred tools, including IDEs and AI coding assistants like Cursor, Claude Code, and ChatGPT.
  • Record full working sessions via screen recording.
  • Complete pre-task and post-task questionnaires.
  • Submit final work product, screen recording, and completed questionnaires for evaluation.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 3+ years of machine learning experience. Time in a PhD program counts.
  • Attended a top-100 university or worked at FAANG or a comparable company.
  • Experience with PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
  • Deep expertise in at least one focus area: pretraining, PPO, reward shaping, fine-tuning, LoRA, RLHF, architecture design, contrastive training, generative modeling, multilingual experience, or data pipelines.

Required Domain Expertise

  • Practical experience in Pretraining, Reinforcement learning, Post-training, Dataset curation, or Model architecture.

Logistics

  • One baseline attempt per contractor per task.
  • Each task may only be attempted once.
  • All work is confidential and covered by NDA.
  • Compute and environment are provided; no personal GPU required.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
  • For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.