AI/ML Engineer - Fully Remote | Upto $85/hr

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 in AI models .

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.

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