Mercor
Expert projects for AI labs across software, finance, law, medicine, science and languages.
Pay figures cover the 291 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
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You document the practical use of Vivado, AMD/Xilinx's FPGA and SoC design tool, by capturing high-resolution screenshots of your work on Windows. This role is aimed at digital design engineers and RTL verification specialists who already have the application installed and high-performance display hardware.
Posted September 13, 2026
This role involves testing and documenting the practical use of VMware Fusion on macOS as a specialized application. You will need to capture detailed screenshots of your interactions with the software in a real macOS environment that you already own. This profile is aimed at developers, system administrators, or DevOps engineers with concrete experience in virtualization.
Posted September 13, 2026
This role requires practical and daily expertise with Windows 11 Professional. You will be called upon to evaluate and document applications and specialized system tools in this environment, as an experienced user or IT professional.
Posted September 13, 2026
This job involves testing and evaluating the Word application on macOS in real-world usage conditions. You must have Word installed on your own Mac and be capable of capturing high-quality visual details to document your experience. It is aimed at professionals with concrete experience using office productivity tools.
Posted September 13, 2026
This role is for Excel experts with solid experience in financial modeling. You will contribute to improving the training of next-generation AI models by designing realistic Excel tasks, writing precise solutions, and evaluating the quality of financial data produced. The role suits professionals from private equity, investment banking, hedge funds, equity research, or accounting.
Posted September 12, 2026
This role involves leveraging your advanced Excel expertise to improve the training of generative AI models. You will design realistic Excel tasks drawn from your professional experience, provide structured solutions, and evaluate the work of other experts to ensure the quality of training data. The ideal profile is a versatile generalist who has applied Excel at a high level across multiple sectors and business functions.
Posted September 12, 2026
You will join a team as a quality analyst to evaluate the accuracy and consistency of work produced. You will examine results against defined standards, identify errors and inconsistencies, and provide structured feedback to continuously improve quality processes.
Posted September 12, 2026
This role is for molecular biology experts capable of independently designing nucleic acid sequences. You will contribute to improving AI models by evaluating their reasoning in the field, designing complex tasks, and writing reference solutions that will be used to train models. You will also establish quality criteria and guidelines for judging sequence design.
Posted September 11, 2026
You will join a cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence team to contribute to the development of foundational AI models. As a molecular biology expert, you will design complex tasks, validate the quality of training data, and establish evaluation criteria to optimize the biological reasoning of AI models. This role is intended for researchers with solid hands-on experience in nucleic acid construct design and high-level scientific output.
Posted September 11, 2026
You are a chemistry expert with practical experience in synthesis, analytical chemistry, or chemical safety. You participate in evaluating AI models by writing calibrated test prompts across three risk levels, then assessing model responses against an established safety framework. This role requires both advanced technical expertise and the ability to document your judgments in an accessible way.
Posted September 9, 2026
This role involves evaluating an AI model's responses to requests involving energetic materials and explosives, distinguishing between legitimate questions and dangerous requests. You will write progressively more complex test prompts, assess the model's responses against a defined safety policy, and provide written justification for your technical judgments. This role is intended for experts in materials chemistry specializing in propulsion and initiation systems, with solid practical experience in the field.
Posted September 9, 2026
Mercor is looking for nuclear engineering and nuclear safeguards experts to test the capabilities of frontier AI models to assess diversion risk. You will write complex prompts in your field, evaluate responses against a defined policy, and provide written technical justifications. This role requires deep expertise in fuel cycle or non-proliferation, and demonstrated ability to communicate technical issues with clarity.
Posted September 9, 2026
Mercor is recruiting radiological safety experts to test the robustness of AI models against dual-use requests. You will write progressively complex prompts, evaluate model responses according to a defined policy, and document reference responses with technical justifications. This role requires deep expertise capable of distinguishing legitimate professional questions from potentially dangerous requests.
Posted September 9, 2026
This role involves evaluating and improving the safety of AI models by analyzing their behavior on sensitive topics in Croatian. You will write expert prompts, classify content according to structured guidelines, and identify adversarial formulations, as an English-Croatian bilingual speaker with no prior AI experience required.
Posted September 4, 2026
This role asks bilingual English and Dutch speakers to test how AI models respond to sensitive topics in Dutch as used in Belgium. The work combines language fluency with cultural judgment, and no prior AI experience is needed because the workflow is taught on the job.
Posted September 4, 2026
This role involves evaluating and improving the safety of advanced AI models in Finnish as a bilingual English-Finnish speaker. You will apply your language mastery and judgment to examine how these models handle sensitive topics, without requiring prior experience in AI or machine learning.
Posted September 4, 2026
This role consists of evaluating the safety of AI models in French by examining how they handle sensitive topics. You will write expert prompts, apply classification guidelines, and identify adversarial formulations, leveraging your bilingual mastery of French and English.
Posted September 4, 2026
This remote-style role asks PhD scientists who are fluent in both English and Indonesian to help make AI models safer on technical subjects. Contributors write expert prompts in Indonesian, then judge model answers for accuracy, helpfulness, and handling of sensitive material. No prior AI experience is needed because the workflow is taught on the job.
Posted September 4, 2026
This role consists of evaluating and strengthening the safety of advanced AI models by analyzing their behavior on sensitive topics in Norwegian. You will use your bilingual proficiency (English-Norwegian) and cultural judgment to identify gaps and bypass attempts, with no prior AI experience required.
Posted September 4, 2026
You will participate in improving AI model safety by evaluating how they handle sensitive subjects in Turkish. Your linguistic and cultural judgments will help identify and strengthen weaknesses in these systems when facing delicate content. No prior AI experience is required.
Posted September 4, 2026
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FAQ
305 Mercor jobs are open on SideHustler today. 10 were posted in the last 7 days. Listings are rechecked against the official postings: the latest check on this list was on October 8, 2026.
Among the 291 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $10 to $380 per hour, with a median of $75. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are AI Evaluation, Red Teaming, Adversarial Testing, Multilingual Expertise, Vulnerability Assessment. Each listing states its own requirements.
You apply on work.mercor.com: create a profile, complete a skills assessment, then get matched to projects that fit your background.
It depends on the job. 301 of the 305 open Mercor jobs publish the countries they accept, and each listing shows them. The others do not publish a country list.
No. SideHustler is independent of Mercor. We list its public postings and send you to the official one to apply. When an Apply link is a referral link, it is marked as such.
Apply now opens the official posting on the platform, where you complete the application. You need no account on SideHustler. To see which roles fit your background first, add your resume and every open job is scored against your profile.