Analysis Skills, ArcGIS, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Benchmarking, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Federal Government, Fortune 500 Customers, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Google Maps, Grant Writing, Health Department, Laboratory Analysis, MATLAB, Program Evaluation, Project/Program Management, Public Health, Research Laboratory, Surveillance, Team Player, Top Sales Rep, Training/Teaching, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
POSTED
16 days ago
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: Public Health Expert Type:Contract Compensation:$1,150–$1,450 per completed task Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include surveillance summaries, grant applications, program evaluations, health-assessment reports, policy briefs, outbreak write-ups, and email threads. Represent platforms like Esri ArcGIS, SAS, MATLAB, and Socrata.
Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Require navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents.
Collaborate with other public-health experts to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for public-health agent benchmarks.
Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.
Qualifications
Must-Have
3+ years of full-time experience at a federal health agency, large state/county health department, major academic school of public health, or F500 population-health organization.
Background in epidemiology, health policy, program management, or population health.
Day-to-day use of Esri ArcGIS, Google Maps Platform, SAS, MATLAB, and Socrata.
Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.
Preferred
MPH, PhD, or DrPH.
Fluency in biostatistics or GIS.
Compensation & Legal
Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~$1,150–$1,450 per completed task).
Performance Bonus: Weekly bonus incentive for top performers.
Hourly Opportunity: Potential transition to hourly compensation based on sustained quality and throughput.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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