Machine Learning Engineer - AI Trainer

Mercor, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$72,800.0 - $93,600.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Training Data Artificial Intelligence Distributed Systems Machine Learning Pytorch Machine Learning Operations

Job description

  • Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in MLOps, training infrastructure, and ML framework-level topics.
  • Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks, and write accurate and well-structured solutions to MLOps and ML systems problems.
  • Evaluate MLOps tasks and solutions and provide clear, written technical feedback.
  • Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics/evaluation frameworks to assess training pipeline design, distributed systems reasoning, and kernel-level optimization across tasks.
  • Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Requirements

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  • 2+ years of dedicated professional experience in ML infrastructure, MLOps, or ML systems engineering at a recognized, top-tier organization.
  • Hands-on production experience with JAX and/or PyTorch at scale.
  • Experience writing or optimizing custom GPU kernels using Pallas (JAX) or Triton.
  • Demonstrable career progression.
  • Ability to engage reliably for at least 30 hours/week during weekdays.
  • Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.

Benefits & conditions

4.04.0 out of 5 stars San Francisco, CA Remote $35 - $45 an hour - Part-time

About the company

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.

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