Curriculum Designer | Upto $55/hr

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: Vocational Training Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $40--$55/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include curricula, competency rubrics, lesson plans, apprentice records, credentialing paperwork, and email threads.
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Require navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with vocational and workforce-training experts to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for workforce-training agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3 years of full-time experience at a large community college system, major union training trust, or Fortune 500 corporate training / L&D organization.
• Background in curriculum and instructional design for skilled trades or technical programs.
• Experience in apprenticeship program administration (DOL/state-registered).
• Competency-based assessment and credentialing (NOCTI, NCCER, etc.).
• Workforce development policy and funding (WIOA, Perkins).
• Corporate training / L&D with a technical or manufacturing emphasis.
• Day-to-day use of platforms like Google Classroom, Google Forms, and SharePoint / Box.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills. Able to translate training workflows into structured task specs.

Compensation & Legal

• This project starts on an effective hourly rate. It will transition to a model where experts are compensated based on throughput of quality work.

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
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

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