Rubric Academy Fellowship

Join to apply for the Rubric Academy Fellowship role at Mercor
.

Mercor is launching Rubric Academy
, a specialized course designed to teach subject‑matter experts how to rigorously evaluate Artificial Intelligence. To build models that can act as true professionals, we need humans who can ask the right questions and define exactly what a perfect answer looks like.

We are looking for professionals with unique domain knowledge to participate in a paid, 3–5 hour instructional course. You will be paid to learn the methodology of "Prompt‑Rubric Pairing", the gold standard for training and benchmarking advanced AI models. Upon successful completion, you will become eligible for our high‑paying expert projects.

• The Art of the Prompt:
  Write inputs that set clear context, clarity, and constraints to elicit specific expert behaviors from an AI.
• The "Golden Response":
  Define the ideal output, articulating nuance, tone, and logic required for a top‑tier professional response.
• Rubric Architecture:
  Build objective grading systems, write criterion descriptions, assign weights, and cite sources to create a mathematical framework for judging AI performance.

• Deep Expertise:
  Unique knowledge difficult to find on the open web, with the ability to cite specific sources (PDFs, data sets).
• Analytical Rigor:
  Detail‑oriented, able to break down a complex task into specific, measurable steps (criteria) that an AI must follow.
• Integrity:
  Committed to original work, understand that using AI to grade AI defeats the purpose, and rely on your own knowledge and external verification.

• Stipend:
  Flat $50 to $150 payment upon successful completion of the Academy lessons and the Practice Task.
• Time Commitment:
  Approximately 3–5 hours (self‑paced).
• Future Opportunities:
  Successful graduates will be prioritized for ongoing Expert Contributor roles for long‑term projects creating training data for frontier models.
• Requirements:
  No paid subscriptions required. Must be able to upload valid sources (PDF/CSV) to support your work.

• Get Paid to Upskill:
  Learn highly technical skill set (rubric design and RLHF methodologies) essential for the next phase of AI development.
• Set the Standard:
  Your rubrics will serve as the "ground truth" for AI models, teaching them the difference between a mediocre answer and an expert one.
• Unlock High‑Value Work:
  The Academy is the required entry point for Mercor’s specialized, high‑hourly‑rate expert projects.

Apply today to join the Rubric Academy and teach AI how to meet your professional standards.