Mathematics Reviewer (Pod Lead, Terminal Bench Science)

About the role

This is a remote contract position as pod lead for math review in terminal bench science, working 10 hours per week at 40-hour weeks. The role reviews mathematical tasks created by trainers, checks their quality and mentors trainers.

Key responsibilities

• Review trainer-created tasks for mathematical correctness and reproducibility
• Verify convergence, stability and error handling of mathematical tasks
• Ensure tasks promote genuine multi-step reasoning and appropriate computation
• Design graders based on mathematical properties and check for optimality certificates
• Provide feedback and track trainer revisions to ensure quality
• Mentor and onboard trainers in task design and coding practices
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve benchmark quality

Required profile

• Ph.D., postdoctoral experience or equivalent in mathematics or a related field
• Experience mentoring or leading technical or research teams
• Ability to evaluate algorithms, proofs and computational results rigorously
• Strong communication skills for giving constructive feedback

Required skills

• Python, Julia, C/C++ and MATLAB/Octave
• Linux and terminal usage for scientific computing
• Numerical methods, optimization and mathematical modeling

Applications are made through an easy online process on LinkedIn; the application takes about 20 minutes.