Systems Optimization Expert - Fully Remote

Mercor, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
1 day ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$145,600.0 - $228,800.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Training Data Artificial Intelligence C++ (Programming Language) Python (Programming Language) System Programming

Job description

  • Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in systems-level optimization, compiler engineering, and runtime performance topics.
  • Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks across multiple specializations, and write accurate and well-structured solutions to performance engineering problems.
  • Evaluate performance engineering tasks and solutions and provide clear, written technical feedback.
  • Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics/evaluation frameworks to assess systems design quality across AI workloads.
  • Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data., PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of dedicated professional experience in performance engineering, systems programming, or low-level optimization.
  • Deep hands-on expertise in at least one of the following: C++, Python, or Rust - with working familiarity across the others being a strong plus.
  • Demonstrable track record of measurable performance improvements on production systems (e.g., latency reduction, throughput gains, memory footprint optimization).
  • Demonstrable career progression.
  • Ability to engage reliably for at least 40 hours/week during weekdays.
  • Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.

Benefits & conditions

  • $53,000-65,000 per year Bilingual Preferred - Arabic or Mandarin IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY: Internal applicants MUST apply to the internal job posting through the Mattress Firm Wor…

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