Data Science & Analytics Expert Part-time NEW

Data Science & Analytics Expert

$55-$75 per hour Hourly contract Remote

Location Requirements United States

Role Overview Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs on Project Atlas — an initiative to build realistic enterprise environments that frontier AI agents are trained and evaluated in. We're seeking experienced data-science and analytics professionals from Fortune 500 technology, financial-services, retail, and healthcare enterprises (e.g., Google, Meta, Netflix, Capital One, Amex, Walmart Labs, Target, UnitedHealth Group) to recreate the digital workspaces they run every day and design the tasks that genuinely challenge state-of-the-art AI.

You'll bring your expertise in applied data science, analytics engineering, experimentation, or ML-product work to build a high-fidelity environment that mirrors the tools, files, and cross-functional workflows of a modern enterprise data organization — and then author tasks grounded in the programs you actually run today.

Key Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use day-to-day — the design docs, experiment write-ups, stakeholder decks, SQL snippets, notebook exports, model cards, dashboards, and email threads that reflect how you actually organize your work — with some representation of the platforms that support it (e.g., Databricks / SAS Studio, Tableau / Power BI, Informatica PowerCenter / Talend)
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in your real workflows that require navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders in a way that meaningfully challenges frontier AI agents
• Collaborate with other data-science and analytics experts in your field to design the environment, shape task scope, and review each other's scenarios for realism and rigor
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for data-science agent benchmarks
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking — the work you produce directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems

Ideal Qualifications

• BS / MS / PhD in a quantitative discipline
• 3+ years of full-time experience at a Fortune 500 technology, financial-services, retail, or healthcare enterprise
• Background in one or more areas such as:
• Applied data science (forecasting, causal inference, ML modeling)
• Analytics engineering / data modeling
• Experimentation / A-B testing platforms and methodology
• Product analytics and business-insights work
• ML engineering or decision-science / operations-research
• Day-to-day use of Databricks / SAS Studio, Tableau / Power BI, and Informatica PowerCenter / Talend
• Strong analytical thinking and writing — able to translate data-science workflows into structured task specs

Compensation Note This project is expected to begin on an effective hourly rate, but will transition to a model where experts are compensated based on throughput of quality work rather than a flat accruing hourly rate.

About Mercor Mercor is a talent marketplace that connects top experts with leading AI labs and research organizations. Backed by investors including Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D'Angelo, and Jack Dorsey. Thousands of professionals across domains contribute to projects shaping the next generation of AI systems.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.