Data Scientist

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:
Data Scientist

Type:
Contract
Compensation:
$56/hour
Location:
Remote
Commitment:
30–40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities

• Analyze large, complex datasets to uncover patterns and develop insights. Inform modeling direction and improve AI model training.
• Build predictive models, statistical analyses, and machine learning pipelines across tabular, time-series, NLP, or multimodal data.
• Design and implement robust validation strategies, experiment frameworks, and analytical methodologies.
• Develop automated data workflows, feature pipelines, and reproducible research environments.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis, hypothesis testing, and model-driven investigations to support research and product teams.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to productionize models and ensure data workflows operate reliably at scale.

Qualifications
Must-Have

• Kaggle Competitions Grandmaster or comparable achievement.
• 3–5+ years of experience in data science or applied analytics.
• Strong proficiency in Python and data tools (Pandas, NumPy, Polars, scikit-learn).
• Experience building ML models end-to-end: feature engineering, training, evaluation, and deployment.
• Solid understanding of statistical methods, experiment design, and causal or quasi-experimental analysis.
• Familiarity with modern data stacks: SQL, distributed datasets, dashboards, and experiment tracking tools.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly present analytical insights.

Preferred

• Strong contributions across multiple Kaggle tracks.
• Experience in an AI lab, fintech, product analytics, or ML-focused organization.
• Knowledge of LLMs, embeddings, and modern ML techniques for text, images, and multimodal data.
• Experience working with big data ecosystems (Spark, Ray, Snowflake, BigQuery).
• Familiarity with statistical modeling frameworks such as Bayesian methods or probabilistic programming.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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