Remote Systems Engineer for AI Coding Agents

Mercor; Greater London; Remote; GBP 56,983 - 69,646; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Systems Engineer (Coding Agent Experience) to work remotely. This role involves leveraging AI coding agents to evaluate engineering tasks and improve model performance. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of systems engineering experience, proficient in distributed systems, and hands-on with tools like Cursor and Codex.

The selected candidate will review code, identify issues, and work independently. Compensation is competitive at $85/hour with additional task-based pay.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
• Regular use of AI coding agents like Cursor, Codex or similar tools.
• Ability to evaluate model-generated systems designs.

Responsibilities

• Use AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks.
• Review model-generated code and architecture decisions.
• Identify bugs and performance bottlenecks.

Skills

Professional systems engineering experience

Experience with distributed systems

Networking

Operating systems

Infrastructure software

AI coding agents usage

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Windsurf

Gemini CLI

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Systems Engineer (Coding Agent Experience) to work remotely. This role involves leveraging AI coding agents to evaluate engineering tasks and improve model performance. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of systems engineering experience, proficient in distributed systems, and hands-on with tools like Cursor and Codex.

The selected candidate will review code, identify issues, and work independently. Compensation is competitive at $85/hour with additional task-based pay.