Basketball Expert (Fans, Journalist, Commentator, etc.) Hourly contract Remote $45-$70 per hour

Role Overview

We’re looking for Basketball experts — avid fans, sports journalists, commentators, and former or semi-professional players — to evaluate basketball games. You’ll watch basketball games and answer questions in real time assessing the quality, depth, and accuracy of AI insights, helping us refine our AI’s basketball reasoning, storytelling, and strategic understanding.

NOTE: You need to be available to join the call today from 5 pm PT - 8 pm PT.

Key Responsibilities

• Game Evaluation: Watch basketball games and review AI-generated play-by-play commentary and post-game analysis.

• Performance Scoring: Rate the accuracy, insight, and entertainment value of AI sports coverage.

• Context & Understanding: Assess the AI’s grasp of player performance, game flow, and strategic decisions.

• Error Detection: Identify factual mistakes, poor interpretations, or stylistic inconsistencies.

• Feedback Reporting: Provide clear written feedback highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.

• Collaboration: Work with analysts and developers to enhance the AI’s basketball-specific reasoning and realism.

Required Qualifications

• Basketball Expertise: Deep understanding of the game — whether through playing, coaching, commentating, or passionate fandom.

• Analytical Thinking: Ability to evaluate basketball strategies, narratives, and statistical insights.

• Communication Skills: Strong written English and ability to clearly articulate nuanced basketball insights.

• Tech Readiness: Comfortable using online evaluation tools and dashboards.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.