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: Systems Engineer (Coding Agent Experience) Type: Contract Compensation: $85/hour Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks.
- Review model-generated code, architecture decisions, and systems implementations.
- Identify bugs, edge cases, performance bottlenecks, and failure modes.
- Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
- Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic systems engineering scenarios.
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 2+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
- Experience with distributed systems , networking , operating systems , storage systems , infrastructure software , or database internals .
- Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor , Claude Code , Codex , Windsurf , Gemini CLI , or similar tools.
- Ability to evaluate model-generated systems designs and implementations.
Preferred
- Experience building highly scalable and performance-critical systems.
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
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs. mercor .com/welcome
- 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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