Remote ML Engineer for Frontier AI Coding

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 96,604 - 137,587; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is looking for an ML Engineer (Coding Agent Experience) to work remotely and earn $85/hour. In this role, you will utilize AI coding agents for complex machine learning tasks and evaluate model implementation quality.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in machine learning engineering and prior experience with AI coding agents. Responsibilities include reviewing AI models and identifying bugs, ensuring optimal performance.

Work is contracted and compensation is tied to accepted tasks.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional machine learning engineering experience.
• Experience building production ML systems and AI-powered products.
• Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor or Codex.

Responsibilities

• Use AI coding agents to complete complex machine learning tasks.
• Review model-generated implementations involving MLOps and LLM applications.
• Identify performance issues and bugs in AI models.

Skills

Machine learning engineering experience

Building production ML systems

Experience with AI coding agents

Evaluating model-generated implementations

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Windsurf

Gemini CLI

Job description

Mercor is looking for an ML Engineer (Coding Agent Experience) to work remotely and earn $85/hour. In this role, you will utilize AI coding agents for complex machine learning tasks and evaluate model implementation quality.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in machine learning engineering and prior experience with AI coding agents. Responsibilities include reviewing AI models and identifying bugs, ensuring optimal performance.

Work is contracted and compensation is tied to accepted tasks.