Systems 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: Systems Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)

Type: Contract

Compensation: $85/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks.
• Review model-generated code, architecture decisions, and systems implementations.
• Identify bugs, edge cases, performance bottlenecks, and failure modes.
• Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
• Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic systems engineering scenarios.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 2+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Experience with distributed systems, networking, operating systems, storage systems, infrastructure software, or database internals.
• Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
• Ability to evaluate model-generated systems designs and implementations.
  
  
  

Preferred

• Experience building highly scalable and performance-critical systems.
  
  
  

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.