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ML Engineer - AI Coding Expert

$85 per hour
Full-time

Mercor

About the job

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: ML Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)

Type: Contract

Compensation: $85/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex machine learning and AI engineering tasks.
  • Review model-generated implementations involving model training , inference systems , MLOps , and LLM applications .
  • Identify bugs, edge cases, performance issues, and failure modes.
  • Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic ML engineering scenarios.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 2+ years of professional machine learning engineering experience.
  • Experience building production ML systems , model deployment infrastructure, LLM applications , or AI-powered products .
  • Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
  • Ability to evaluate model-generated machine learning implementations and technical tradeoffs.

Preferred

  • Experience deploying ML systems to production.

Compensation & Legal

  • $400 per accepted task
  • Compensation is tied to accepted work.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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