First seen by our source: 24 days ago
Health AI Conversation Evaluator
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote contract Generalist Annotator to evaluate health AI conversations for relevance, clarity, sycophancy and user outcome. The work involves reviewing 1 to 7 turn conversations, rating them against a detailed rubric, and writing short human justifications for ratings below the top option. Pay is $20 to $160 per hour.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate relevance and clarity of AI health responses for non-experts
- Detect sycophancy where AI tells users what they want to hear
- Assess tone and outcome of conversations
- Write justifications for ratings below the top option
- Review 1 to 7 turn conversations in 2 to 13 minutes each
Requirements summary:
- Strong written English skills
- Explain judgments in two to four specific sentences
- Careful reading to notice omissions
- Consistent application of a detailed rubric
- Reliable availability for time-boxed batches
- Annotation or evaluation experience preferred
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- 2026-10-16
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Job details
| 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
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- Mercor
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- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
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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: Generalist Annotator — Health AI Conversation Quality Evaluation
Type: Contract
Compensation: $20–$160/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Evaluate the relevance and clarity of AI responses. Ensure the AI answers the question in understandable language for non-experts.
- Detect sycophancy in AI interactions. Identify when the AI tells users what they want to hear instead of what they need.
- Assess the tone and outcome of conversations. Determine if the user leaves informed and calm or anxious and uninformed.
- Provide written justification for ratings below the top option. Explain what went wrong and suggest improvements.
- Work independently to review conversations ranging from 1 to 7 turns. Spend 2–13 minutes per conversation based on length.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Strong written English skills.
- Ability to explain judgments in two to four specific sentences.
- Careful reading to notice omissions in responses.
- Comfort with applying a detailed rubric consistently.
- Reliable availability for time-boxed batches.
Preferred
- Experience in annotation, human-feedback, evaluation, or content review.
- Background in explaining technical concepts to non-experts.
- Experience with rubric-based grading or quality assurance.
Important
- Using an AI tool to write comments is prohibited. This work captures human judgment that AI lacks. AI-written feedback corrupts the dataset and is checked for.
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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