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Mathematics PhD - AI Evaluation Expert - AI Trainer

$70 per hour

Mercor

Job Description

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: Mathematics PhD Coding Experts
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70/hour
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 weeks
Commitment: 20+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Source material from published papers, Kaggle datasets , open-source repositories, or self-designed scenarios.
  • Write scientific prompts based on sourced inputs.
  • Build grading criteria to define correct answers.
  • Calibrate tasks against frontier models, ensuring tasks ship only when strong models fail more often than succeed.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • PhD in mathematics, applied mathematics, computational mathematics, or a closely related field.
  • Depth in at least two subdomains: numerical linear algebra, computational mechanics, computational finance.
  • Working proficiency in Python for scientific computing.
  • Comfortable with Git/GitHub and running code in Docker .

Preferred

  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
  • Prior scientific software or research engineering experience.

Start Date

  • Immediate

Interview Process

  • Upload your resume and application form.
  • A 25-minute conversational interview covering your background, experience, and motivations.
  • Follow up within a few days with next steps and onboarding.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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Vacancy posted 4 days ago
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