About Company:
Our client is a Palo Alto–based AI infrastructure and talent platform founded in 2018. It helps companies connect with remote software developers using AI-powered vetting and matching technology. Originally branded as the Intelligent Talent Cloud, enabled companies to spin up their engineering dream team in the cloud by sourcing and managing vetted global talent.
In recent years, they have evolved to support AI infrastructure and AGI workflows, offering services in model training, fine-tuning, and deployment—powered by their internal AI platform, ALAN, and backed by a vast talent network. They reported $300 million in revenue and reached profitability. Their growth is driven by demand for annotated training data from AI labs, including major clients like OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Meta.
Job Description:
Job Title: STEM: Math IMO Expert
Location: Pan India (Remote)
Experience: 2+ yrs.
Job Type : Contract to hire.
Notice Period:- Immediate joiners.
Roles & Responsibilities :
Role Overview
- In this role, you will work on projects that improve and evaluate large language models by crafting challenging, competition-level mathematics problems and rigorously assessing model reasoning.
- The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in competitive mathematics at the AIME, HMMT, and IMO (Olympiad) level across the four classic pillars: Algebra, Number Theory, Combinatorics, and Geometry.
- You should be able to design novel, Google-proof problems intended to expose deep reasoning deficiencies in state-of-the-art models, and to diagnose precisely where and why a model's reasoning breaks down.
- The role combines original problem authoring, rigorous solution writing, and detailed evaluation of model-generated responses.
- This is your chance to future-proof your career in an AI-first world by working at the frontier of mathematical reasoning evaluation.
What does the day-to-day look like:
- Design original, challenging mathematics problems at AIME, HMMT, and IMO difficulty that test the reasoning limits of large language models in multi-step, abstract settings, drawn strictly from Algebra, Number Theory, Combinatorics, or Geometry.
- Author novel prompts that break evaluated models, meaning the model arrives at an incorrect final answer; ensure problems cannot be bypassed via brute-force or computationally intensive methods.
- Solve problems independently and write detailed, logically structured, self-contained solutions with clear justifications, properly rendered in LaTeX.
- Review model-generated solutions, identify mathematical errors, logical fallacies, or missing arguments, and diagnose the root cause using defined failure categories (Final Answer, Reasoning Steps, Instruction Following).
- Contribute to defining new evaluation benchmarks across competition and Olympiad-level mathematics curricula.
- Classify each prompt accurately by domain, sub-domain, topic, and proficiency level within the labeling tool.
Requirements
- Mathematical Expertise: Strong command of competitive mathematics at the level of AIME, HMMT, and IMO across Algebra, Number Theory, Combinatorics, and Geometry.
- Writing Proficiency: Excellent structured written communication, including fluency with standard LaTeX delimiters for all mathematical expressions.
- Analytical Skills: Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to construct rigorous, proof-based reasoning.
- Creative Thinking: Creative and lateral thinking abilities to design novel problems that are not adapted from existing competitions or online repositories.
- Feedback Skills: Ability to provide constructive feedback, precise annotations, and accurate error diagnosis on model outputs.
- Independence: Self-motivated and able to work independently in a remote setting.
- Technical Setup: Desktop/Laptop setup with a good internet connection.
Preferred Qualifications
- Candidates pursuing or holding a Bachelor's/Master's degree in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field are eligible and encouraged to apply.
- Prior experience in competitive mathematics (e.g., national or international Olympiads or equivalent competitive examinations) as a participant, coach, or problem setter is a bonus.
- Ability to analyze and solve complex problems with a structured, logical approach and to express solutions clearly and rigorously.
