Role Description

Mercor is seeking experienced Retail

Buyers

to collaborate with a leading AI research lab. You will design and evaluate advanced shopping-assistant AI systems by creating realistic shopper profiles, high-quality prompts, and rigorous evaluation rubrics for product-recommendation tasks.

Qualifications

• 
  3 + years
  
  of professional experience in any of the following: consumer-shopping, purchasing or working as a buyer in fashion/tech/consumer stores
• Demonstrated expertise in trend spotting, brand benchmarking, and translating shopper needs into concrete product recommendations
• Proven ability to create retail assets (e.g., inventory scorecards, product-content libraries, campaign-ROI reports)
• Excellent written English and keen attention to detail

Requirements

• 
  Start Date:
  
  Immediate
• 
  Duration:
  
  5 weeks
• 
  Commitment:
  
  Part-time, ~20 hours/week
• 
  Schedule:
  
  Fully remote and asynchronous – flexible working hours

Compensation & Contract

• 
  Hourly Rate:
  
  $35–$50/hr (USD), depending on experience
• 
  Lucrative bonus structure:
  
  Our top performers across projects have earned $5k+ in bonus payouts, enjoy steady incentive targets with large payouts
• 
  Status:
  
  Independent Contractor
• 
  Payment:
  
  Weekly via Stripe Connect

Application & Onboarding Process

• 
  Submit Resume & Application Form
  
• 
  Model Training AI Interview:
  
  A 30-minute conversational session designed to assess your ability to train a model in your area of expertise.

Company Description

Mercor is a San Francisco-based company specializing in connecting elite professionals with cutting-edge AI initiatives. Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. We help leading AI labs accelerate progress by bringing in top-tier human expertise.