Education Specialist - Curriculum Design - AI Trainer

About the role

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.

Type: Contract
Compensation: $45–$60/hour
Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Design realistic educational scenarios and tasks from daily work such as lesson planning and curriculum design.
• Review AI-generated educational outputs for accuracy, standards alignment, and pedagogical judgment.
• Create structured examples reflecting educators' reasoning through problems.
• Provide clear written feedback to improve AI performance in teaching tasks.
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team to enhance AI educational outputs.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in education or related fields.
• Bachelor's degree in Education or a subject-matter field.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.

Preferred

• A state teaching license/certification, National Board Certification, or an advanced degree (MEd/EdD/PhD or a subject master's).
• Comfortable with common classroom and instructional tools (e.g., Google Classroom, Canvas, PowerSchool).