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.
Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, and Infrastructure-as-Code topics.
Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks, and write accurate and well-structured solutions to cluster diagnosis, AWS service integration, and infrastructure automation problems.
Evaluate infrastructure engineering tasks and solutions and provide clear, written technical feedback.
Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics/evaluation frameworks to assess cluster failure diagnosis, IaC design quality, and CI/CD pipeline reasoning across tasks.
Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.
Qualifications
Must-Have
4+ years of dedicated professional experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, site reliability, or platform engineering.
Hands-on production experience operating Kubernetes, including diagnosing and repairing cluster failures.
Production experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, specifically Terraform and/or AWS CDK.
Direct experience integrating AWS services in production, including Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB.
Experience building and owning CI/CD pipelines.
Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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Resources & Support
For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
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Numbers & Facts
Location
San Francisco, California (Remote)
Salary
$75–$110 Per Hour
Skills
AWS Lambdaunmatched
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Automationunmatched
Benchmarkingunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Failure Analysisunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Performance Modelingunmatched
Research Laboratoryunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched
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