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# System Performance Engineer

- **Company:** Mercor, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $187,200.0 - $249,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Training Data, Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Memory Management, Python (Programming Language), System Programming
- **Published:** May 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us0e04715ae7394b21f5eae841d418d1c7

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in performance engineering, systems programming, or low-level optimization.
 * Expertise in C++ for performance-critical systems, including memory management and concurrency primitives.
 * Proficiency in Python for profiling and benchmarking; experience with Rust is a plus.
 * Track record of measurable performance improvements on production systems.
 * Ability to engage for at least 30 hours/week during weekdays.
 * Strong written communication skills.

## Description

* Guide research and engineering teams to improve AI model performance in systems-level optimization, compiler engineering, and runtime performance.
 * Design challenging tasks across multiple specializations and write accurate solutions to performance engineering problems.
 * Evaluate tasks and solutions, providing clear, written technical feedback.
 * Develop guidelines and rubrics for assessing systems design quality, profiling methodology, and performance analysis.
 * Collaborate with 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.


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