Historian - AI Trainer

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:

History Expert
Type:

Contract
Compensation:

$55–$63/hour
Location:

Remote
Commitment:

20 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
Author, review, and annotate technical tasks to evaluate

AI model performance

on history problems.
Produce original problem sets grounded in maps, archival documents, timelines, and historical imagery.
Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks.
Provide clear, structured feedback to improve

training data

quality and downstream performance.
Work

independently and asynchronously

to meet deadlines while improving

AI model performance .
Qualifications
Must-Have
PhD

in History,

MA

in History with

3+ years

teaching or research experience, or

BA

in History with

5+ years

teaching, tutoring, or applied research experience.
Working fluency in at least two of: ancient, medieval, modern, regional, economic, political history.
Comfortable reading and interpreting maps, archival documents, timelines, and historical imagery.
Clear technical writing; able to articulate reasoning step-by-step in written form.
Compensation & Legal
Hourly contractor
Paid weekly
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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