Machine Learning Engineer
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Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research lab to evaluate advanced machine learning systems using practical engineering benchmarks.
You will convert real-world ML workflows into structured, high-quality evaluation suites.
Key Responsibilities
The Machine Learning Engineer role is a remote contract position paying $100-$120/hr. It suits experienced professionals who want flexible, project-based AI work reviewed on a rolling basis. You collaborate directly with client teams on real deliverables that help train and evaluate next-generation AI systems, with no long-term commitment required.
- Design detailed evaluations for machine learning engineering tasks.
- Assess AI-generated solutions in model training, debugging, optimization, and experimentation.
- Translate practical research/engineering workflows into benchmark-ready test sets.
Ideal Qualifications
- 3+ years in ML engineering or applied ML research.
- Hands-on model development, experimentation, and evaluation experience.
- Strong reasoning about ML system tradeoffs and design decisions.
- Clear technical writing and high attention to detail.
Engagement Snapshot
- Compensation: $100-$120/hour.
- Project-based and fully remote.
- Team signal: 71 hired this month.
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