Assistant Professor of Accounting

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: Professors in Finance, Accounting, Law
Type: W2 Employment
Compensation: $55–$85/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 30+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design challenging, real-world domain-specific problems for agentic tasks. Target core capability loss failures in frontier AI models.
• Integrate problems into an Agentic development environment using Python. Prepare detailed instructions, overviews, and golden solutions.
• Evaluate cross-model performance on tasks. Analyze and classify failures as logical reasoning gaps.
• Identify tasks where the model fails all tests. Extract core capability loss patterns from agent trajectories.
• Collaborate with domain experts to guide the next generation of frontier AI tools.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Current or retired professor in Finance, Accounting, Law, etc.
• Degree in finance, accounting, law, or relevant field.
• Ability to engage reliably for at least 30 hours/week during weekdays.
• Basic ability to work independently and manage time.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience in AI training, model evaluation, and data annotation.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

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