Personal Consumer Research Expert

What you’ll do

Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in consumer research. As a Personal Consumer Research Expert, you’ll build long-horizon research tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to have checkable answers; no open-ended essays, no subjective judgment calls.

Expect to build scenarios across:

• Product research: shortlists that meet every stated spec and budget constraint, TCO calculations with ground-truth totals
• Service provider comparisons: insurance, internet, utilities scored against a defined rubric with documented winner
• Major purchase analysis: quote gathering against rules, negotiation angles against policy references

These scenarios will be challenging and take long sessions of focus.

Who we’re looking for

• 3+ years in product research, personal procurement, journalism/review writing, or adjacent roles
• Expertise in one or more of the following: product spec analysis, service provider comparison (insurance, internet, utilities), quote gathering and negotiation, TCO modeling
• Comfortable reading and producing research artifacts: comparison tables, shortlists, negotiation briefs, TCO spreadsheets
• Clear written communication; can articulate reasoning step by step and encode it into deterministic rubrics

Compensation

$50–$65/hr depending on domain depth and prior experience. Strong contributors are promoted based on task quality and throughput.