First seen by our source: 20 days ago
E-commerce Annotation Specialist
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring an E-commerce Annotation Specialist on a remote contract at $40–$50/hour for about 5 hours a week. The role evaluates shopper-agent conversations for the Shopify Shop app, tagging the failing turn and the issue, and writing concise rationale comments.
Pay:
$40–$50 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate full shopper-agent conversations and tool calls
- Identify the turn that received a thumbs-down
- Classify issues with primary and secondary tags
- Write concise comments explaining intent and rationale
Requirements summary:
- Rule discipline to apply a fixed taxonomy
- Comfort reading structured traces
- Restraint under ambiguity using the unknown label
- Clear, concise written English
Tools & skills
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-17
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-17
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Data & analytics |
| Hours per week | 5 |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
- Data Collection and Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
- Other recorded names
- Mercor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
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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: Shopify Shop App Agent Annotator
Type: Contract
Compensation: $40–$50/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: ~5 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Evaluate full shopper-agent conversations, including tool calls and their outcomes.
- Identify the specific turn that received a thumbs-down from the shopper.
- Classify the issue with a primary domain tag and a specific secondary tag.
- Write concise comments explaining the shopper's intent, the agent's actions, and the rationale for the tags.
- Work independently and asynchronously to maintain consistency in tagging across conversations.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Rule discipline to apply a fixed taxonomy consistently.
- Comfort reading structured traces to understand agent actions.
- Restraint under ambiguity to use the unknown label appropriately.
- Clear, concise written English for explaining labeling decisions.
Preferred
- Consumer e-commerce fluency in orders, tracking, and platform responsibilities.
- Prior annotation, labelling, or model-evaluation work with a defined rubric.
- Experience with the Shop app or other AI shopping assistants.
- Familiarity with customer-support operations and escalation paths.
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.
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