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: Applied History & Political Science Benchmark Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $44–$56/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10+ hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Author original history and political science questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.
- Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. All necessary information must be in the problem statement.
- Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).
- Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
- Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.




- Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources such as peer-reviewed journals and university repositories.
- For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications
Must-Have
- PhD or doctoral candidate in History , Political Science , International Relations , or a closely related field.
- Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
- Strong command of historiographical methods, political theory, and comparative analysis.
- Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Preferred
- Research publications or policy experience is a strong plus.

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📌 History PhD (Colombia)
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📍 Colombia