Mathematics Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $110/hr Part-time

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor, a San Francisco-based company connecting elite talent with AI research labs, seeks a Mathematics Research Collaborator (Part-time) to review papers, craft challenging mathematical problems, and help evaluate AI model outputs. This remote role is up to 20 hours per week under a contract.

You will collaborate with a small program team and senior contributors, bring a PhD or postdoc, and have publications in top journals. Compensation is $80–$110 per hour.

Qualifications

• First-author or sole-author publications in top-tier journals.
• Doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 global institution.
• Fellowship or honor such as Clay Research Fellowship or NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
• NSF CAREER award or comparable grant as PI/Co-I.
• Experience in active research roles as PhD candidate, postdoc, or faculty.

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate research papers for correctness, novelty and rigor.
• Author and review challenging mathematics problems for training AI models.
• Evaluate model outputs on proof construction, formalization, conjecture exploration.
• Surface model failure areas and identify subtle errors.
• Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors.

Skills

Publications in top journals

Mathematics research

Critical thinking

Education

Doctorate or postdoctoral training in mathematics or related STEM

Job description

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: Mathematics Research Collaborator (Part-time) Type: Contract Compensation: $80–$110/hour Location: Remote Commitment: Up to 20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate research papers in mathematics for correctness, novelty, and rigor.
• Author and review challenging mathematics problems used to train and evaluate frontier AI models .
• Evaluate model outputs on tasks ranging from proof construction and verification to problem-solving, formalization, and conjecture exploration.
• Surface areas where current models fail, identifying subtle errors a working mathematician would catch immediately.
• Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors.

Qualifications Must-Have

• First-author or sole-author publications in top-tier journals like Annals of Mathematics or Inventiones Mathematicae.
• A doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 global institution in mathematics or a related STEM field.
• A competitive fellowship or honor such as the Clay Research Fellowship or an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
• An NSF CAREER award or comparable grant held as a named Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator.
• Current or recent experience in an active research role as a PhD candidate , postdoctoral researcher, instructor, faculty member, principal researcher, or industry research mathematician.

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