Remote Applied Math AI Specialist (Contract, PhD)

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Remote; GBP 63,000 - 79,000; Part time

Job summary

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: Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist — Contract, Remote, 10+ hours/week.

Compensation: $61-$77/hour. This role focuses on designing and evaluating rigorous math problems for benchmarking purposes, with emphasis on clarity, solvability, and high academic

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or closely related field.
• Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
• Strong command of graduate-level mathematical concepts and formal proof writing.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Author original math questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. Include all necessary information in the problem statement.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format.

Education

PhD in Mathematics or related field

Doctoral candidate

Master's degree in Math/related field

Graduate-level proof writing

Job description

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: Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist — Contract, Remote, 10+ hours/week.

Compensation: $61-$77/hour. This role focuses on designing and evaluating rigorous math problems for benchmarking purposes, with emphasis on clarity, solvability, and high academic