First seen by our source: 21 days ago
Mathematics PhD - AI Evaluation Expert
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote contract Mathematics PhD to write and calibrate scientific evaluation tasks for frontier AI models. The work involves sourcing material, writing prompts, and building grading criteria, for 20+ hours a week over six weeks at $70/hour.
Pay:
$70 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Source original material from papers, datasets, or repositories
- Write scientific prompts to challenge frontier models
- Build grading criteria defining correct answers
- Calibrate tasks against frontier models
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines
Requirements summary:
- PhD in mathematics or a closely related field
- Depth in at least two subdomains
- Working proficiency in Python or R
- Comfortable with Git/GitHub and Docker
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals preferred
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-17
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- 2026-10-17
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Research & science |
| Hours per week | 20 |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Doctorate (required) |
| Fields of study | Mathematics, Applied mathematics, Computational mathematics |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
- Data Collection and Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
- Other recorded names
- Mercor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
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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 original material from published papers, Kaggle datasets, open-source repositories, or self-designed scenarios.
- Write scientific prompts based on sourced input to challenge frontier models.
- Build grading criteria that define correct answers for scientific tasks.
- 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.
- Demonstrated depth in at least two subdomains: numerical linear algebra, computational mechanics, computational finance.
- Working proficiency in Python or R 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
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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