Regulatory Attorney - AI Trainer

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: Regulatory Law Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $1,750–$2,150 per completed task
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily, including rule comment letters, regulatory-change analyses, and compliance memos.
• Design multi-step tasks based on real workflows, such as regulatory-change analysis and enforcement defense, that challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with other regulatory attorneys to design environments, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for regulatory-law agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking, directly informing how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• JD and active bar admission
• 3+ years of full-time regulatory experience at an AmLaw 100 firm or Fortune 500 in-house regulatory/compliance team
• Background in areas such as financial-services regulation, healthcare regulation, energy regulation, telecom/tech regulation, or environmental/consumer-product/food-and-drug regulation
• Day-to-day use of Westlaw/LexisNexis, Refinitiv World-Check/Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, and CUBE
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills

Compensation & Legal

• Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~$1,750 – $2,150 per completed task, subject to change as the project evolves)
• Performance Bonus: Top performers receive a weekly bonus incentive on top of their per task rate
• Hourly Opportunity: Top performers may be invited to transition to an hourly compensation model based on sustained quality and throughput

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.