Description review

AI/ML Engineer - Fully Remote | Upto $85/hr

mercor · India · back to the listing

HR standards

81/100

solid

Title ↔ description

72/100

solid

Reads as

Machine Learning Engineer

99% confident

What this role officially is

data scientist — ESCO, the EU occupation classification

Data scientists find and interpret rich data sources, manage large amounts of data, merge data sources, ensure consistency of data-sets, and create visualisations to aid in understanding data. They build mathematical models using data, present and communicate data insights and findings to specialists and scientists in their team and if required, to a non-expert audience, and recommend ways to apply the data.

Also known as: data scientists, data engineer, research data scientist, data expert, data research scientist

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What the listing never says

  • 17 bullet points. Long requirement lists deter qualified candidates, who read them as hard gates. Scope clarity

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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: ML Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
Type:Contract
Compensation:$85/hour
Location:Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex machine learning and AI engineering tasks.

• Review model-generated implementations involving model training, inference systems, MLOps, and LLM applications.

• Identify bugs, edge cases, performance issues, and failure modes in AI models.

• Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.

• Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic ML engineering scenarios.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 2+ years of professional machine learning engineering experience.

• Experience building production ML systems, model deployment infrastructure, LLM applications, or AI-powered products.

• Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.

• Ability to evaluate model-generated machine learning implementations and technical tradeoffs.

Preferred

• Experience deploying ML systems to production.

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

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• For any help or support, reach out to:

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

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Deterministic penalty applied to the HR score: 4 points (from 85 before penalties). Reviewed 21 Sep 2026.