About The Job 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: Public Health Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $45–$65/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include surveillance summaries, grant applications, program evaluations, and health-assessment reports.
• Design multi-step tasks based on real workflows. Require navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with other public-health experts to design the environment and shape task scope. Review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for public-health agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3+ years of full-time experience at a federal health agency, large state/county health department, major academic school of public health, or F500 population-health organization.
• Background in epidemiology, surveillance, outbreak investigation, health policy, or program evaluation.
• Day-to-day use of Esri ArcGIS, Google Maps Platform, SAS, MATLAB, and Socrata/Esri ArcGIS Hub.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.

Preferred

• MPH, PhD, or DrPH. Fluency in biostatistics or GIS.

Compensation & Legal

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

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.