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Public Benefits Application Specialists

Mercor
Pay
$40 - $100 / hr
Hourly
Location
USA
Remote
Posted
Feb 22, 2026
Languages
English

Description

Mercor is recruiting experts to join a first-of-its-kind AI research project at the frontier of artificial intelligence. This initiative focuses on helping AI systems better understand and complete real-world tasks in the sociual services and public benefits realm by designing high-quality prompts, executions, and evaluation rubrics.

AI is already strong at answering factual questions; but it struggles with nuanced, real-life activities. Your expertise will help bridge that gap.

About the Role

As an Expert Contributor, you will use your real-world experience to design and execute tasks that reflect how people actually interact with AI systems.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Claiming tasks across key social services and public benefit services that people commonly ask AI to help with

    (e.g., seeking low-cost or free medical and mental health care, applying for disability, shopping for health insurance plans, applying for SNAP, SSDI, Medicaid, etc.)

  • Writing a clear, realistic prompt for the task

  • Executing the task and providing evidence of completion

  • Writing a detailed evaluation rubric to assess AI performance on that task

Working Hours & Flexibility

  • Minimum commitment of 10 hours per week

Additional Details

  • This is an ongoing research project with long-term potential

  • A desktop or laptop computer is required (Chromebooks are not supported)

Interested in this position?

Apply directly on the company's website