Software Engineer - Evaluation Author - AI Trainer

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: Code-Data Eval Author — Software Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $35–$120/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 30+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author non-trivial coding tasks with golden solutions and automated verifiers.
• Design rubrics and grade agent trajectories and model outputs.
• Improve task and rubric quality through structured review.
• Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated content to strengthen reasoning and rigor in model outputs.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years of software engineering at a real product organization (big tech or venture-backed startup).
• Strong code quality, systems design, debugging, and testing discipline.
• Clear written communication (you write instructions others follow).

Preferred

• Familiarity with AI coding tools and evals.

Interview Process

• Short Mercor Technical Screen .
• Live Code Review Session .
• Domain Expert Interview .
• You're paid $200 for completing all three, regardless of outcome.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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

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