Remote Mathematics PhD - AI Assessment Content Expert

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 179,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Collaborative AI research environment

Job summary

Mercor is seeking expert mathematicians to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will author or verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core mathematics domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

You will require deep mathematical understanding, strong written English, and the ability to produce precise problem statements, solutions, and references.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctoral candidate in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or closely related field.
• Master's degree considered for exceptional depth.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Author original math questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions in Markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question.
• Flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify edits.

Skills

Graduate math concepts

Formal proof writing

Academic problem design

English writing

Education

PhD in Mathematics

Doctoral candidate

Master's degree (exceptional depth)

Tools

LaTeX

Markdown

Git

Job description

Mercor is seeking expert mathematicians to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will author or verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core mathematics domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks for advancing AI capabilities.

You will require deep mathematical understanding, strong written English, and the ability to produce precise problem statements, solutions, and references.