At Crossing Hurdles, we work as a referral partner. We refer candidates to Mercor that collaborates with the world’s leading AI research labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models.
Position
: Exceptional Data Scientists
Referral Partner
: Crossing Hurdles
Type
: Hourly contract
Compensation
: $60–$100 per hour
Location
: Remote
Duration
: Minimum 1 month, with potential extension based on project scope and performance
Commitment
: 10-40 hours/week, flexible and asynchronous
Responsibilities
: (Training support will be provided)
Design experiments, gather and preprocess data, build and evaluate models.
Collaborate closely with engineering teams to deploy production-ready solutions.
Write, review, and validate prompt-based questions used to train AI systems.
Work proficiently in Python and Jupyter Notebooks.
Utilize machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
Analyze large datasets and build predictive models.
Requirements
:
Strong professional experience in data science or applied analytics.
Highly skilled in Python and Jupyter Notebooks.
Experience with libraries including numpy, pandas, scipy, sympy, scikit-learn, torch, tensorflow.
Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, computer science, or related field
Strong background in exploratory data analysis, statistical inference, machine learning workflows, model evaluation, feature engineering, data preprocessing, A/B testing, and causal inference.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Application process:
(Takes 20 min)
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