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: Senior Law Librarian and Research Attorney

Type: Contract Compensation: $150–$170/hour Role Responsibilities

• Draft sophisticated legal research questions reflecting complex firm-level inquiries.
• Design issues requiring multi-jurisdictional analysis, conflicting authority resolution, and deep precedent synthesis.
• Ensure all questions are grounded in identifiable, authoritative legal sources.
• Maintain clarity, realism, and practical scope in research questions.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to shape AI evaluation benchmarks.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications Must-Have

• 8+ years of experience as a law librarian, research attorney, or senior legal research specialist.
• Extensive experience handling complex or escalated research requests.
• Strong understanding of legal research methodologies.
• Exceptional issue-framing and writing skills.

Preferred

• Experience training associates on research techniques.
• Exposure to AI tools in legal research.
• Prior dataset annotation or benchmark development experience.

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/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. ,