Remote Olympiad Math Problem Designer

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

Job summary

Mercor, a remote-first firm in the AI talent space, seeks IMO Experts on a contract basis to craft advanced IMO-style mathematics problems for frontier AI models. Compensation is pay-per-task, with payments tied to each completed and accepted problem or review.

This role offers fully remote work and flexible weekly output, aligning with the company’s global research partnerships. Candidates should demonstrate Olympiad-level problem setting experience and prior involvement with math competitions,

Qualifications

• Expertise in Olympiad-style mathematics and problem setting.
• Experience as a 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.

Job description

Mercor, a remote-first firm in the AI talent space, seeks IMO Experts on a contract basis to craft advanced IMO-style mathematics problems for frontier AI models. Compensation is pay-per-task, with payments tied to each completed and accepted problem or review.

This role offers fully remote work and flexible weekly output, aligning with the company’s global research partnerships. Candidates should demonstrate Olympiad-level problem setting experience and prior involvement with math competitions,