ML Systems Engineer - AI Trainer

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 Details

• Role: PyTorch Expert
• Type: Contract
• Compensation: $70–$110/hour
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in MLOps, training infrastructure, and ML framework-level topics.
• Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks, and write accurate and well-structured solutions to MLOps and ML systems problems.
• Evaluate MLOps tasks and solutions and provide clear, written technical feedback.
• Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics/evaluation frameworks to assess training pipeline design, distributed systems reasoning, and kernel-level optimization across tasks.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

• Must have 2 years of dedicated professional experience in ML infrastructure, MLOps, or ML systems engineering at a recognized, top-tier organization.
• Hands‑on production experience with PyTorch at scale.
• Experience writing or optimizing custom GPU kernels using Triton or Pallas.
• Demonstrable career progression.
• Ability to engage reliably for at least 40 hours/week during weekdays.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.

Compensation & Legal

• W‑2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC.