# Machine Learning Engineer - Fully Remote | Upto $85/hr at mercor

- Company: mercor
- Status: Open
- Workplace: Remote
- Location: United Kingdom
- Level: Mid-level
- Discipline: AI & ML
- Employment: Contract
- Posted: 2026-08-11
- Skills: Machine Learning, AI
- Apply: https://himalayas.app/companies/mercor/jobs/machine-learning-engineer-fully-remote-upto-85-hr-3401212780

## Description

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.
• 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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