[Hiring] Education Technology Expert - AI Trainer @Mercor

Role Description

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: Education Technology Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $45–$65/hour

Location: Remote

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily, including:
  • Product specs
  • Learning-design docs
  • Assessment rubrics
  • Engagement reports
  • Integration plans
  • PD materials
  • Email threads
• Represent platforms like Google Classroom, PowerSchool, and Google Forms.
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows, requiring navigation of multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents meaningfully.
• Collaborate with other education-technology experts to:
  • Design the environment
  • Shape task scope
  • Review scenarios for realism and rigor
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for ed-tech agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking, directly informing how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-time experience at a Fortune 500 ed-tech company, R1 university, or major K-12 district/state-level education agency.
• Background in:
  • LMS administration
  • Educational product management
  • Learning engineering
  • Instructional design
  • Learning analytics
  • Assessment design
  • Adaptive-learning platforms
• Day-to-day use of Google Classroom, PowerSchool or Infinite Campus, and Google Forms.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.

Requirements

• Transition from hourly rate to compensation based on throughput of quality work.

Application Process

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

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