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
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 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.

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