Software Engineering Expert
Mercor
$70 – $150/hour · as listed
Mercor connects advanced software engineers with AI research teams building frontier models. As a Software Engineering Expert, you'll evaluate and train AI systems by reviewing code quality, assessing technical solutions, and providing the engineering judgment that helps benchmark AI capabilities against real-world standards. Your expertise becomes the measure by which leading AI models are assessed.
This remote position suits experienced engineers who want structured AI training and evaluation work alongside or instead of traditional employment. You'll work on-demand through Mercor's platform, with flexibility to take projects as they align with your availability. The role is part-time, typically around 40 hours per week, with hourly rates ranging from $70 to $150 depending on project scope and your background.
The work involves writing assessments, evaluating solutions, and documenting technical judgment in ways that help improve AI systems. No prior AI training experience is required—just strong software engineering fundamentals and a commitment to thorough, standards-based evaluation.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · part-time · 40h/week. The research teams behind the best-known AI models come to Mercor for software engineering judgment they can't generate on their own. Your standards and expertise become the rubric that frontier AI is graded against. This is a standing listing for engineers who want AI training and evaluation work, not a specific job opening. It stays open whether or not a matching project is running this week.
Applications are completed on the listing’s own site. Pay is shown as posted by the source (“as listed”) or the aggregator’s estimate where marked — offers and availability change, and individual results vary.
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