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Software Engineering Expert

Mercor

AI Data Advanced Part-time / junior role US

$60 – $90/hour · as listed

As a Software Engineering Expert at Mercor, you'll work with a prominent AI research lab to design and implement advanced evaluation benchmarks for frontier AI models. Your role centers on curating sophisticated tasks that test cutting-edge generative AI systems, requiring you to write, review, and refine complex software implementations that directly support AI model development.

This position suits experienced software engineers with strong coding fundamentals and a background in data work who want hands-on involvement in AI advancement. You'll operate at an advanced level, contributing technical depth to the evaluation and benchmarking of next-generation AI systems. The role is full-time, remote-eligible, and based in the US, offering $60–$90/hour based on experience and qualifications.

From the listing: Mercor marketplace · full-time · 35h/week. Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced AI models. ## 1\. Overview A leading AI lab is building the next generation of agentic evaluation benchmarks for frontier models and needs experienced software engineers to act as task curators. You will design, implement, and review complex,

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