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

๐Ÿข mercor ยท all 1217 jobs
๐Ÿ“ Canada
๐Ÿ’ฐ USD 85 / hourly
๐Ÿ“… Posted Aug 13, 2026 ยท via Himalayas
๐Ÿท Machine Learning Engineer, AI ML Engineer, Machine Learning Engineering, AI Engineering, LLM Application Developer, Remote Machine Learning Engineer +1 more
Apply on original site โ†—

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 20โ€“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

Flights + hotels

This role requires you to be in Canada. If that means relocating or flying in, it is worth checking fares before you commit to a start date.

Compare flights and hotels โ†’

โ† All remote jobs

Comparing Data Scientist pay and openings โ€” the live median is $140k?All remote Data Scientist jobs โ†’Data Scientist salary data โ†’
Want more like this? Browse every live remote data science role.All remote data science jobs โ†’
Get new data science jobs by email
Daily email, only when there's something new. One click to stop.

Get remote data science jobs like this by email

10 hand-picked jobs, one email a day. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Similar for you