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AI Development Specialist Fully Remote
Job Location:
Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
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Posted:
12 August 2026 (19 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
9 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
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 DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Software Engineering Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60$90/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 35 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Design realistic multi-step software engineering challenges to push the limits of todays 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.
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