Senior Technical Writer

This Senior Technical Writer role in San Francisco is focused on collaborate with AI research teams to improve training data quality and model outputs. It would suit someone who can bring strong professional approach to the role.

How the role is set up

Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs.

Where someone would start

Collaborate with AI research teams to improve training data quality and model outputs. Author, review, and annotate technical tasks to evaluate AI model performance on computer science problems. Produce original problem sets grounded in performance benchmarks, system architecture charts, and algorithmic complexity figures.

What helps someone build confidence

Strong professional approach.

What is expected

• PhD in Computer Science, or MS in CS with 3+ years engineering, research, or teaching experience, or BS in CS with 5+ years software engineering, systems, or applied CS practice.
• Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete).
• Working fluency in at least two of: algorithms, systems, databases, networks, ML, theory of computation.

Job details

• Commitment: ~20 hours/week.
• Work model: Remote.
• Additional detail: Training or development support may be provided.