mathematician
Title posted on Talent.com - Computational Mathematician - Fully Remote | Upto $70 hr
Posted on August 27, 2026 by Employer details Mercor
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<p><strong>About the job</strong></p> <p><strong>Mercor</strong> connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include <strong>Benchmark</strong>, <strong>General Catalyst</strong>, <strong>Peter Thiel</strong>, <strong>Adam D'Angelo</strong>, <strong>Larry Summers</strong>, and <strong>Jack Dorsey</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Position:</strong> Mathematics PhD Coding Experts<br/> <strong>Type:</strong> <strong>Contract</strong><br/> <strong>Compensation:</strong> <strong>$70/hour</strong><br/> <strong>Location:</strong> <strong>Remote</strong><br/> <strong>Duration:</strong> <strong>6 weeks</strong><br/> <strong>Commitment:</strong> <strong>20+ hours/week</strong></p> <p><strong>Role Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Source material from published papers, <strong>Kaggle datasets</strong>, open-source repositories, or self-designed scenarios.</li> <li>Write scientific prompts based on sourced inputs.</li> <li>Build grading criteria to define correct answers.</li> <li>Calibrate tasks against frontier models, ensuring tasks ship only when strong models fail more often than succeed.</li> <li>Work <strong>independently and asynchronously</strong> to meet deadlines while improving <strong>AI model performance</strong>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p> <p><strong>Must-Have</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>PhD</strong> in mathematics, applied mathematics, computational mathematics, or a closely related field.</li> <li>Depth in at least two subdomains: numerical linear algebra, computational mechanics, computational finance.</li> <li>Working proficiency in <strong>Python</strong> for scientific computing.</li> <li>Comfortable with <strong>Git/GitHub</strong> and running code in <strong>Docker</strong>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred</strong></p> <ul> <li>Publications in peer-reviewed journals.</li> <li>Prior scientific software or research engineering experience.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Start Date</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Immediate</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>Interview Process</strong></p> <ul> <li>Upload your resume and application form.</li> <li>A <strong>25-minute</strong> conversational interview covering your background, experience, and motivations.</li> <li>Follow up within a few days with next steps and onboarding.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Application Process (Takes 20?30 mins to complete)</strong></p> <ul> <li>Upload resume</li> <li>AI interview based on your resume</li> <li>Submit form</li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources & Support</strong></p> <ul> <li>For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome</li> <li>For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com</li> </ul> <p><em>PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.</em></p>- Location Toronto, ON
- Work location On site
- Salary$70.00HOUR hourly
- Terms of employment Part time
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source Talent.com #634407407487944496
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