Computational Mathematician - Fully Remote | Upto $70/hr

About the role

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. This is a Contract role for Mathematics PhD Coding Experts, fully remote.

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.
• Must-Have: Demonstrated depth in at least two subdomains: numerical linear algebra, computational mechanics, computational finance.
• Must-Have: Working proficiency in Python or R for scientific computing.
• Must-Have: Comfortable with Git/GitHub and running code in Docker.
• Preferred: Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Preferred: Prior scientific software or research engineering experience.

Skills

• Python or R for scientific computing
• Git/GitHub
• Docker

Pay

$70/hour

Schedule

Duration: 6 weeks. Commitment: 20+ hours/week. Start Date: Immediate. Type: Contract.