Computational Mathematician - Fully Remote | Up to $70/hr

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Source material from published papers, Kaggle datasets, open-source repositories
• ▹Write scientific prompts based on sourced inputs
• ▹Build grading criteria to define correct answers
• ▹Calibrate tasks against frontier AI models
• ▹Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines

Requirements

• ▹PhD in mathematics, applied mathematics, or computational mathematics
• ▹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 Docker

Nice to have

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

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹$70/hour compensation
• ▹Fully remote
• ▹Immediate start

About the company

Mercor is a San Francisco-based platform connecting elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs; its investors include names like Peter Thiel and Jack Dorsey.