Systems Optimization Expert - Fully Remote

Mercor, Inc.

New York, NY, United States

about 2 months ago

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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

Job source

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

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.

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.

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