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 .
Train image classifiers and generative image models from scratch. Fine-tune open-weight language models .
Optimize models with limited data, compute, and model-size budgets.
Enhance model robustness to adversarial inputs and conversations.
Compress models to meet size and latency constraints without losing accuracy.
Diagnose and resolve training issues effectively.
Qualifications
Must-Have
3+ years of machine learning research experience ( PhD research counts).
Strong experience with PyTorch , JAX , TensorFlow , or similar ML frameworks .
Degree from a top-100 university , experience at a FAANG or comparable AI company, or equivalent research track record through publications or impactful open-source contributions.
Preferred
Experience in scaling laws and training-efficiency research .
Knowledge of curriculum learning and data ordering.
Skills in model evaluation , uncertainty estimation , and model calibration .
Expertise in data augmentation and synthetic data for robustness.
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