Cincinnatus is an enterprise staffing company that partners with leading technology companies to source and employ highly skilled professionals for full-time and long-term contingent roles. Cincinnatus serves as the employer of record for these engagements, providing W-2 employment, payroll, benefits, and compliance, while placing employees directly within client teams to work on high-impact initiatives. Roles hired through Cincinnatus are not project-based or freelance engagements. They are structured, role-based positions that typically involve full-time or fixed-term commitments, close collaboration with a client's internal teams, and integration into standard enterprise workflows. Cincinnatus is a legal entity separate from Mercor. While opportunities may be discovered through Mercor's platform, employment, onboarding, payroll, and benefits for these roles are administered by Cincinnatus. Equal Employment Opportunity Cincinnatus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or any other legally protected characteristic. Cincinnatus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans throughout the job application process.
Computational Physicist
Location
Worldwide
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$80 - $120 / hour
Seniority
Mid Level
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Computational Physicist
Mercor
Role Description 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: PhD Physicist — Frontier Reasoning Trajectory Writer Type: Contract Compensation: $80–$120/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 15 hours/week Role Responsibilities - Produce "golden trajectories" for hard physics problems with complete, step-by-step solutions. - Work in Studio and iterate with a frontier LLM to draft and refine reasoning. - Develop trajectories clean enough to use as training data. - Evaluate problems screened by a frontier LLM requiring failure at least once. - Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines. Qualifications - Must-Have: PhD in physics or in the final 1–2 years of a PhD program. - Daily-driver fluency in LaTeX and Python. - Comfort with iterative LLM workflows. - Detail-oriented; comfortable producing publication-grade derivations. Requirements - Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete): - Submit your application. - Complete the short technical assessment. - Strong applicants will be invited to a follow-up interview. Resources & Support - For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: Interview Process - For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com - PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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