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

🏢 mercor · all 1195 jobs
📍 United Kingdom
💰 USD 85 / hourly
📅 Posted Oct 1, 2026 · via Himalayas
🏷 Machine Learning Engineer, AI Engineer, Software Engineer, AI ML Engineer, Remote AI Engineer, Remote Machine Learning Engineer +1 more
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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.

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:

- For any help or support, reach out to:

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

Originally posted on Himalayas

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