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Public Health Expert Epidemiologist
Job Location:
Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
4 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
1 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
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 DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Public Health Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $1150$1450/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 ($1150$1450 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 2030 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
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