Performance Engineer - AI Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

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: Performance Engineer Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $100–$130/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Guide research and engineering teams to improve AI model performance in systems-level optimization, compiler engineering, and runtime performance.
• Design challenging tasks across multiple specializations and write accurate solutions to performance engineering problems.
• Evaluate performance engineering tasks and solutions, providing clear, written technical feedback.
• Develop guidelines and evaluation frameworks to assess systems design quality across AI workloads .
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 2+ years of experience in performance engineering, systems programming, or low-level optimization.
• Expertise in C++ , Python , or Rust .
• Proven track record of performance improvements on production systems.
• Ability to engage for at least 30 hours/week during weekdays.
• Strong written communication skills.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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

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