AI Development Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $90/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: Software Engineering Expert

Commitment: 35 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• 🔹Design realistic, multi-step software engineering challenges to push the limits of today's best AI coding agents.
• 🔹Build reference solutions in Python with setup and checks for clear, verifiable answers.
• 🔹Utilize AI coding assistants in your workflow to identify their strengths and limitations.
• 🔹Review tasks created by peers and provide feedback on clarity, correctness, and difficulty.
• 🔹Analyze AI agents' task attempts to help the research team understand failure points.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 🔹MSc or PhD in computer science or a related STEM field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 🔹1+ years in a research, research-engineering, or software engineering role.
• 🔹Strong Python scripting and debugging skills with clean-code habits.
• 🔹Proficiency with Git , IDEs, and standard software development workflows.
• 🔹Ability to engage reliably for approximately 35 hours/week .

Preferred

• 🔹Experience with AI coding assistants , prompt engineering, or agent workflows.
• 🔹Past experience in AI training , model evaluation, or benchmark/task authoring.

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: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.