Remote Olympiad Math Problem Setter for AI Benchmarks

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

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.