Applied Mathematician

Employer: Mercor

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Salary: $61.00 to $77.00 hourly

About the job: 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: Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist Type: Contract Compensation: $61?$77/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 10+ hours/week Role Responsibilities: Author original math questions that test deep conceptual understanding in Signal Processing, Financial Mathematics, and other domains. Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined with all necessary information. Rate each question's difficulty as Medium, Hard, or Expert, providing 1 correct answer and 9 plausible alternatives. Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format. Supply 1?5 academic references per question from reputable sources like peer-reviewed journals. For verification tasks, flag issues with c