Systems Engineer - Fully Remote
Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, 10701, USA
Listed on 2026-06-26
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, 10701, USA
Listing for:
Mercor
Remote/Work from Home
position Listed on 2026-06-26
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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.
PositionSystems Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
TypeContract
Compensation & Legal- $85/hour
- $400 per accepted task (compensation tied to accepted work)
Remote
Role Responsibilities- Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks.
- Review model-generated code, architecture decisions, and systems implementations.
- Identify bugs, edge cases, performance bottlenecks, and failure modes.
- Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
- Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic systems engineering scenarios.
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.
Must-Have
- 2+ years of professional systems engineering experience.
- Experience with distributed systems, networking, operating systems, storage systems, infrastructure software, or database internals.
- Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
- Ability to evaluate model-generated systems designs and implementations.
Preferred
- Experience building highly scalable and performance-critical systems.
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