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DevOps Engineer - AI Model Evaluator

@ Mercor

Toronto, Ontario

$85/hr2+ years experience
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Overview

Mercor is hiring a remote contract DevOps, SRE, or cloud engineer at $85/hour to evaluate frontier AI coding agents on infrastructure engineering tasks. The work involves reviewing model-generated cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD and observability solutions for bugs and reliability issues, and comparing outputs across models. Compensation is $400 per accepted task.

Pay:

$85 an hour

Responsibilities:

  • Complete infrastructure tasks using frontier AI coding agents
  • Review model-generated cloud, Kubernetes and CI/CD implementations
  • Identify bugs, edge cases and reliability issues in model outputs
  • Compare outputs across multiple frontier models

Requirements summary:

  • 2+ years of professional DevOps, SRE or cloud engineering experience
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD or observability tooling
  • Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code or Codex
  • Ability to evaluate model-generated infrastructure solutions
  • Preferred: experience supporting production-scale systems

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Job details

SeniorityMid level
DepartmentSoftware development
Experience2+ years
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingHome
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish

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Mercor

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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

Full company description

Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

LinkedIn followers
654,507
People associated on LinkedIn
5,250
Reported office locations
  • San Francisco, California 94105, US
Business categories
  • Employment
  • Software
  • Recruiting
  • Data Collection and Labeling
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Machine Learning
Other recorded names
  • Mercor
Profile identifies a recruitment agency
Yes
Reported total investment
483,600,000

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Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

FieldValue
IndustrySoftware Development
Company size51-200 employees
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded2023
Open jobs on Jobsy1,626
LinkedInView page
Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: DevOps / SRE / Cloud Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex infrastructure engineering tasks.
  • Review model-generated implementations involving cloud platforms, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, observability, and infrastructure automation.
  • Identify bugs, edge cases, reliability issues, and failure modes in model outputs.
  • Compare outputs from multiple frontier models to assess their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic infrastructure engineering scenarios.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 2+ years of professional DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering experience.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, or observability tooling.
  • Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
  • Ability to evaluate model-generated infrastructure and reliability engineering solutions.

Preferred

  • Experience supporting production-scale systems.

Compensation & Legal

  • $400 per accepted task
  • Compensation tied to accepted work.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
  • For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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