Historian

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