Public Health Expert - Epidemiologist

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/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, and more.
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Challenge frontier AI agents by navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders.
• 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. 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: 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.