Remote SWE Bench Task Auditor — Contract

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks a SWE-Bench Task Auditor contractor to evaluate the quality, correctness, and reproducibility of software-engineering benchmark tasks. You will audit repository-level tasks, reference patches, test harnesses, and grading integrity.

You will provide rubric-based written feedback to improve AI model training, auditing patches and Docker isolation, and working independently to meet deadlines. Remote position requiring 3+ years in software engineering, real OSS contribution, and strong

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Real open-source contribution or maintainer experience (merged PRs, committer/maintainer roles)
• Strong ability to audit reference patches, test runners, and Docker isolation
• Fluency across common ecosystems (Python and at least one of Java / Go / TypeScript / C++)

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality, correctness, and reproducibility of software-engineering benchmark tasks.
• Assess repository-level tasks, reference patches, test harnesses, and grading integrity.
• Provide clear, rubric-based written feedback to improve AI model training.
• Audit reference patches, test runners, and Docker isolation to detect answer leakage and reward hacking.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and enhance AI model performance.

Job description

Mercor seeks a SWE-Bench Task Auditor contractor to evaluate the quality, correctness, and reproducibility of software-engineering benchmark tasks. You will audit repository-level tasks, reference patches, test harnesses, and grading integrity.

You will provide rubric-based written feedback to improve AI model training, auditing patches and Docker isolation, and working independently to meet deadlines. Remote position requiring 3+ years in software engineering, real OSS contribution, and strong