Software Engineering Expert

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 DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Software Engineering Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $70$150/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Write engineering problems from systems you have shipped including requirements constraints and failure modes.
• Grade model-written code and design for edge case handling complexity justification and test effectiveness.
• Flag where a models code passes review but would fail in production due to concurrency scale error handling or operational costs.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .
• Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance training data quality and downstream performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Professional experience building and shipping software.
• Clear written communication skills.
• Comfort with ambiguous tasks and willingness to flag unclear instructions.

Preferred

• Experience with React TypeScript Java Go Android iOS .
• Skills in DevOps platform engineering systems and performance engineering QA automation and security engineering.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

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

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