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History PhD - Assessment Specialist - AI Trainer

Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94199, USA
Listing for: Mercor
Remote/Work from Home position
Listed on 2026-08-16
Job specializations:
  • Research/Development
  • Government
    Political Science
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 40000 - 70000 USD Yearly USD 40000.00 70000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Role Overview

We are seeking experts in history and political science to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core history and political science domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You will be assigned one of two task types:

  • Question Authoring — Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review.
  • Question Verification — Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made.
History & Political Science Domains Covered

National Security, Public Policy, Business History, Environmental History, Latin American History.

Key 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 (peer‑reviewed journals, university repositories)
  • For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made
Ideal Qualifications
  • 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
  • Research publications or policy experience is a strong plus
  • Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely
More About the Opportunity
  • Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week
  • Asynchronous, fully remote work
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