Machine Learning Engineer - Fully Remote | Upto $85/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: 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. * 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: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome * For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com *PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.* ,