MacOS AI Research Developer - Part Time

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking software developers with 2-3 years of professional coding experience or current postgraduate CS students to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will work through real development workflows on your own Mac to benchmark and improve cutting‑edge AI models.

Responsibilities include completing and narrating software tasks (building, debugging, refactoring, reviewing code) on macOS, with emphasis on high‑quality training data.

Qualifications

• Own a MacBook or Mac with Apple M-series chip or Intel processor, macOS 15+
• Hands‑on experience with one or more programming languages (Python or JS/TS or Swift or Java or Go)
• Pursuing or recently completed Masters, or 2-3 years of relevant experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution
• Ability to clearly explain your reasoning while you work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Complete and narrate real software development tasks on your Mac
• Build, debug, refactor, and review code to create high‑quality training data for AI models
• Work with real development workflows with low-pressure internship-like setting

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Swift

Java

Go

Clear reasoning

Excellent communication

Education

Masters studies or 2-3 years experience + Bachelors

Tools

VS Code

Xcode

Terminal

Git

Package managers

Job description

Mercor is seeking software developers with 2-3 years of professional coding experience or current postgraduate CS students to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will work through real development workflows on your own Mac to benchmark and improve cutting‑edge AI models.

Responsibilities include completing and narrating software tasks (building, debugging, refactoring, reviewing code) on macOS, with emphasis on high‑quality training data.