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Mathematics Expert (PhD)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • PhD in Mathematics from a top US, UK, Canadian, or European university
  • 2+ years of academic (research/teaching) or professional (scientist, researcher, or engineer) experience
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Work with research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in Mathematics
  • Create and evaluate advanced mathematical problems and solutions
  • Provide clear written feedback

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Part time
  • Mid-level (2-5 years)
  • Mathematician
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Mathematics
  • Detail Oriented
  • Non-Verbal Communication

About the company

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Job description

This role is for one of Weekday's clients.

We are currently helping hire for one of the leading AI labs (via one of our partners); supporting them in training their AI models.

Have you been curious about how LLMs generate expert-level answers and wanted to contribute to their development? There are knowledge gaps in specialized fields like Mathematics, and we need your expertise to help strengthen these models (and in turn, advance human understanding of these areas).

Requirements

What exactly would you do?

  • Youโ€™ll be working with research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in the Mathematics domain.
  • You will be creating and evaluating advanced mathematical problems and solutions, providing clear written feedback.

Requirements

๐ŸŽ“ Education: PhD in Mathematics from a top US, UK, Canadian, or European university

๐Ÿ’ผ Work experience: 2+ years of academic (research/teaching) or professional (scientist, researcher, or engineer) experience

๐Ÿ“ Skills: Strong attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and proficiency in English

๐Ÿ“ Location: Remote (must be based in the US, UK, Canada, or Europe)

Benefits

๐Ÿ’ต Compensation: $60 to $80 per hour

๐Ÿ•’ Time commitment: 15โ€“20 hours per week (with the possibility of extending to ~40)

โณ Project duration: Minimum 1โ€“2 months, with rolling extensions

๐ŸŒ Fully remote, asynchronous work that is flexible and adaptable to your schedule

๐Ÿ“‘ You will be engaged as an independent contractor and paid weekly via Stripe Connect

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