Liberal Politics Expert

Role Description

Mercor is seeking professionals deeply engaged in progressive politics to serve as Liberal Politics Experts for a cutting-edge AI research lab. As a Liberal Politics Expert, you’ll help evaluate and refine AI reasoning — ensuring models understand, represent, and reason through liberal ideas accurately, coherently, and in proportion to their real-world intellectual foundations.

Your expertise will help identify and correct areas where AI systems unintentionally skew toward conservative or right-leaning framings, enabling the development of politically balanced, context-aware reasoning models.

Qualifications

• Intellectually rigorous individuals with a sophisticated understanding of liberal and progressive political theory, movements, and history
• Political scientists, sociologists, or historians specializing in liberal or progressive political systems, ideologies, or movements
• Writers, journalists, or researchers known for analysis of political discourse, ideology, or democratic institutions
• Academics or independent thinkers who can articulate liberal perspectives and diagnose conservative framings with precision
• Public intellectuals or analysts who demonstrate a commitment to truth, fairness, and the democratic process

Requirements

• Mastery of liberal political theory, social movements, and cultural reasoning frameworks
• Ability to identify right-leaning or reactionary framings and offer constructive corrections grounded in evidence and reasoning
• Exceptional skills in critical thinking, argumentation, and clear writing
• Comfort engaging with complex or controversial political content
• Intellectual integrity and commitment to clarity over partisanship

Benefits

• This is a remote role
• Flexible commitment: expect ~20–30 hours per week
• Structured project environment with clear deliverables and collaborative feedback
• Pay is negotiable for exceptional candidates

Application Process

• Submit a resume, CV, or portfolio of relevant writing or research. Complete a short evaluative writing exercise
• If selected, you’ll be contacted to schedule a chat with the hiring team