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: Environmental Science Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $1,150–$1,450 per completed task Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use day-to-day. Include site assessment reports, permit applications, monitoring data summaries, and more. Represent platforms like Esri ArcGIS , SAS , MATLAB , and Socrata . Design multi-step tasks grounded in your real workflows. Require navigation of multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents. Collaborate with other environmental-science experts to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor. Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for environmental-science agent benchmarks. Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems. Qualifications Must-Have 3+ years of full-time experience at a federal/state environmental agency, major environmental consulting firm, F500 sustainability team, or R1 university . Background in environmental assessment and compliance, permitting and monitoring, site investigation/remediation, or sustainability reporting. Day-to-day use of Esri ArcGIS , Google Maps Platform , SAS , MATLAB , and Socrata . Strong analytical thinking and writing skills. Preferred MS/PhD in environmental science, engineering, or related discipline. Compensation & Legal Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~ $1,150–$1,450 per completed task). Performance Bonus: Top performers receive a weekly bonus incentive. Hourly Opportunity: Top performers may transition to an hourly compensatio
