Mathematics Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $110/hr Part-time

Role Summary

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 Research Collaborator (Part-time)
• Type: Contract
• Compensation: $80–$110/hour
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: Up to 20 hours/week
• Role Responsibilities

Review and evaluate research papers in mathematics for correctness, novelty, and rigor.

Author and review challenging mathematics problems used to train and evaluate frontier AI models .

Evaluate model outputs on tasks ranging from proof construction and verification to problem-solving, formalization, and conjecture exploration.

Surface areas where current models fail, identifying subtle errors a working mathematician would catch immediately.

Collaborate with a small program team and other senior contributors.

Requirements

• First-author or sole-author publications in top-tier journals like Annals of Mathematics or Inventiones Mathematicae.
• A doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 global institution in mathematics or a related STEM field.
• A competitive fellowship or honor such as the Clay Research Fellowship or an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
• An NSF CAREER award or comparable grant held as a named Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator.
• Current or recent experience in an active research role as a PhD candidate , postdoctoral researcher, instructor, faculty member, principal researcher, or industry research mathematician.
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