Systems Engineer: AI Coding Agent Specialist (Remote)

Mercor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 96,604 - 137,587; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Systems Engineer for a remote contract role. The engineer will leverage frontier AI coding agents to handle complex tasks while ensuring high performance in systems engineering.

The ideal candidate will have over 2 years of experience, particularly in areas like distributed systems and AI tools such as Cursor and Codex. The compensation is set at $85/hour, with additional performance-based payments.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in systems engineering.
• Experience with networking, operating systems, and software infrastructure.
• Regular use of AI coding agents.

Responsibilities

• Complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks with AI coding agents.
• Review model-generated code and architecture decisions.
• Identify bugs and performance bottlenecks.
• Compare outputs from multiple models.

Skills

Professional systems engineering experience

Familiarity with distributed systems

Use of AI coding agents

Evaluating model-generated designs

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Systems Engineer for a remote contract role. The engineer will leverage frontier AI coding agents to handle complex tasks while ensuring high performance in systems engineering.

The ideal candidate will have over 2 years of experience, particularly in areas like distributed systems and AI tools such as Cursor and Codex. The compensation is set at $85/hour, with additional performance-based payments.