Remote Mathematics Expert

Turing is a rapidly growing AI company focused on advancing and deploying powerful AI systems. The company collaborates with leading AI labs to push the boundaries of model capabilities in areas such as reasoning, coding, multilinguality, STEM, and frontier knowledge. These advancements are then applied to build real-world AI solutions that address critical business challenges. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects involving the fine-tuning of large language models, leveraging strong analytical and mathematical expertise. The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in mathematics, ranging from advanced engineering entrance concepts to graduate and PhD-level topics, and be skilled at breaking down complex problems into clear, logical steps. This position involves probing model limitations and utilizing advanced AI tools, providing a unique chance to future-proof your career in the AI domain.

Key Responsibilities

- Problem Creation & Solutioning: Design and solve challenging physics problems that push the limits of large language models.
- Authoring Gold-Standard Data: Develop clear, high-quality, step-by-step solutions with detailed reasoning and articulation.
- Research Collaboration: Partner with LLM researchers to align task designs with evaluation objectives, focusing on areas where models face difficulties such as symbolic manipulation, abstraction, and multi-step reasoning.
- Benchmark Definition: Assist in defining and building new evaluation benchmarks covering physics topics from early undergraduate to PhD-level curricula.

Required Qualifications

- A strong educational background or doctorate in Mathematics or an equivalent technical field.
- Exceptional analytical, research, and problem-solving skills combined with excellent English comprehension.
- Outstanding structured written communication skills, capable of providing constructive feedback and detailed annotations in a remote work environment.
- Strong lateral thinking abilities to create novel scenarios and assess complex reasoning processes.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently in a fast-paced, remote-first setting.
- Access to a personal desktop or laptop with a stable, high-speed internet connection.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

- Experience in AI evaluation, data annotation, content review, quality assurance, or related analytical roles is advantageous but not mandatory.
- Flexible contractor engagement with a commitment of at least 4 hours per day, up to 40 hours per week, including 4 hours of overlap with Pacific Standard Time (PST).
- The contract duration is 12 weeks, offering a focused opportunity to contribute to frontier AI research and development.

Candidates who are shortlisted will receive a Job Interest Form, and those selected for final consideration will be contacted with further onboarding details and next steps. This role is ideal for individuals passionate about advancing AI capabilities in physical sciences and eager to work at the forefront of technology in a remote, collaborative environment.