Mathematics Expert
New
Listed pay: $40to 75 / hr
What the posting lists, in US dollars an hour.
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What happens after you click- Location
- Remote, no country stated
- Terms
- Contract, part-time
- Posted
- · Yesterday
What the work is
The research teams behind the best-known AI models come to Mercor for mathematical judgment they can't generate on their own. Your standards and expertise become the rubric that frontier AI is graded against.
This is a standing listing for mathematicians who want AI training and evaluation work, not a specific job opening. It stays open whether or not a matching project is running this week.
New projects start on short notice, so instead of posting and pulling a listing each time, we keep one open per field and draw from it when one begins.
What the work looks like
We match mathematicians in the network to projects like:
Writing a problem at research or competition level, with the statement and the intended solution, plus the reference answer a model's attempt gets graded against
Grading model-written proofs: whether each step follows, whether the edge cases are handled, whether an appeal to a known theorem actually satisfies its hypotheses
Flagging where a model reaches a correct answer through an argument that does not prove it
Most contracts in this field have paid $40 to $75 an hour, set per project by scope and depth.
What we're looking for
A graduate degree in mathematics or a related field, or an equivalent research or competition background
Clear written communication, since most of the work involves explaining your reasoning
Comfort with ambiguous tasks, and willingness to flag unclear instructions
Where you trained matters less than whether you can tell a proof from a convincing sketch, and say precisely where the gap is.
How it works
Apply here with your resume and confirm where you work from, then take a short AI interview, about 20 minutes total.
We verify your background and add you to the mathematics pool.
When a project needs mathematics expertise, we invite matching people from the pool to that specific listing. It names the rate, the hours, and the client, and any hiring decision is made there.
What to expect
This listing does not accept or reject candidates, so you will not get a decision on it. We reach out when a project matches your background. Depending on what our clients are running, that can be within a week or several months.
Finishing the domain expert interview and joining every network you qualify for both improve your odds of being matched. You only need to sign up once to be eligible across all of them.
From the Mercor posting.
Applying on Mercor
What happens after you click
- The link opens this role on Mercor. Sign up and apply from there.
- Upload a resume, complete the assessments the role asks for and verify your work authorisation.
- An AI interview of about 20 minutes. Mercor says it usually takes 2 to 4 weeks to hear back.
- If Mercor hires you, you are paid weekly, on the Wednesday after each work week, via Stripe. Mercor says first payouts are held for 7 days.
- The work is paid by the hour, at the $40–75 this posting lists.
- Remote. The posting names no country, so we have not assumed one applies.
If you're hired through a link here and start paid work, Mercor pays this site a referral fee. Your pay is unaffected.
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