Education Specialist - Curriculum Design

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.

This is a remote contract position with compensation of $45–$60/hour.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic educational scenarios and tasks from day-to-day work such as lesson planning and curriculum design.
• Review and compare AI-generated educational outputs for accuracy, standards alignment, and pedagogical soundness.
• Create structured examples that reflect educator 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.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in education (K-12 or higher-ed teaching, curriculum design, assessment, special education, tutoring, or related field).
• Bachelor's degree in Education or a subject-matter field.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.

Qualifications (Preferred)

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