Olympiad Mathematician - Fully Remote | Upto $93/hr

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 74,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Pay-per-task compensation

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Mercor, a San Francisco-based firm connecting elite talent with leading AI research labs, seeks IMO Experts for contract, remote work. You will write advanced IMO-style mathematics problems to challenge frontier AI models and evaluate solutions for correctness and rigor.

Pay-per-task with no weekly cap; compensation varies by difficulty and quality. Ideal candidates have Olympiad-style expertise and experience as problem writers or competition committee members.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Olympiad-style mathematics and problem setting.
• Experience as math competition problem writer, selection committee member, medalist, or participant.

Responsibilities

• Write original and advanced IMO-style mathematics problems to challenge frontier AI models.
• Evaluate AI-generated solutions for correctness, clarity, and style.
• Identify logical flaws, incomplete reasoning, or insufficiently rigorous proofs.
• Provide clear, concise, and correct solutions with chain of thought reasoning.
• Maintain extremely high standards of mathematical precision and problem difficulty.

Skills

Olympiad-level math

Problem setting

Math competition experience

Analytical reasoning

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: IMO Experts
Type: Contract
Compensation: $54–$93/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Write original and advanced IMO-style mathematics problems to challenge frontier AI models.
• Evaluate AI-generated solutions for correctness, clarity, and style.
• Identify logical flaws, incomplete reasoning, or insufficiently rigorous proofs.
• Provide clear, concise, and correct solutions with chain of thought reasoning.
• Maintain extremely high standards of mathematical precision and problem difficulty.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Olympiad-style mathematics and problem setting.
• Experience as a math competition problem writer, selection committee member, medalist, or participant.

Compensation & Legal

Pay-per-task model with payments tied to each fully completed and accepted problem or review.
Compensation per task varies based on problem difficulty, solution quality, and overall efficiency.
No cap on total weekly payments; contributors may complete as many available tasks as they choose.