About This Role
Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include <strong>Benchmark</strong>, <strong>General Catalyst</strong>, <strong>Peter Thiel</strong>, <strong>Adam D'Angelo</strong>, <strong>Larry Summers</strong>, and <strong>Jack Dorsey</strong>.</p><p><strong>Position:</strong> DevOps / SRE / Cloud Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)<br><strong>Type:</strong><strong>Contract</strong><br><strong>Compensation:</strong><strong>$85/hour</strong><br><strong>Location:</strong><strong>Remote</strong></p><h3>Role Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Use frontier <strong>AI coding agents</strong> to complete and evaluate complex <strong>infrastructure engineering</strong> tasks.</li><li>Review model-generated implementations involving <strong>cloud platforms</strong>, <strong>Kubernetes</strong>, <strong>CI/CD systems</strong>, and <strong>infrastructure automation</strong>.</li><li>Identify bugs, edge cases, reliability issues, and failure modes in model outputs.</li><li>Compare outputs from multiple frontier models to assess strengths and weaknesses.</li><li>Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic <strong>infrastructure engineering</strong> scenarios.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications<p></p><p><strong>Must-Have</strong></p></h3><ul><li><strong><strong>2+ years</strong> of professional <strong>DevOps</strong>, <strong>SRE</strong>, or <strong>Cloud Engineering</strong> experience.</strong></li><li><strong>Experience with <strong>AWS</strong>, <strong>Azure</strong>, <strong>GCP</strong>, <strong>Kubernetes</strong>, <strong>Terraform</strong>, <strong>CI/CD pipelines</strong>, or observability tooling.</strong></li><li><strong>Regular use of <strong>AI coding agents</strong> like <strong>Cursor</strong>, <strong>Claude Code</strong>, <strong>Codex</strong>, <strong>Windsurf</strong>, <strong>Gemini CLI</strong>, or similar tools.</strong></li><li><strong>Ability to evaluate model-generated <strong>infrastructure</strong> and <strong>reliability engineering</strong> solutions.</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>Preferred</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Experience supporting <strong>production-scale systems</strong>.</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>Compensation & Legal</strong></h3><ul><li><strong><strong>$400 per accepted task</strong>.</strong></li><li><strong>Compensation is tied to accepted work.</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Upload resume</strong></li><li><strong>AI interview based on your resume</strong></li><li><strong>Submit form</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>Resources & Support</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.<a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/mercor">mercor</a>.com/welcome</strong></li><li><strong>For any help or support, reach out to: support@<a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/mercor">mercor</a>.com</strong></li></ul><p><strong><em>PS: Our team reviews applications daily.
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, and infrastructure automation.
- Identify bugs, edge cases, reliability issues, and failure modes in model outputs.
- Compare outputs from multiple frontier models to assess 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 like 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 is 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: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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