Musicologist - Technical Task Specialist

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: Music Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $67–$75/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author, review, and annotate technical tasks to evaluate AI model performance on music and musicology problems.
• Produce original problem sets grounded in scores, harmonic analyses, and spectrograms.
• Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks.
• Provide clear, structured feedback to improve AI training data quality and downstream performance.
• Work independently and asynchronously with a flexible schedule to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• DMA or PhD in Music or Musicology, or MM with 3+ years teaching, performance, or research experience, or BM or BA in Music with 5+ years teaching, performance, or composition experience.
• Working fluency in at least two of: theory, history/musicology, performance practice, composition, ethnomusicology.
• Comfortable reading and interpreting scores, harmonic analyses, and spectrograms.
• Clear technical writing; able to articulate reasoning step-by-step in written form.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor

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.