Mercor
DevOps Engineer - AI Model Evaluator
DevOps Engineer - AI Model Evaluator at Mercor, based in London. This is a contract role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Contract · On site
- Location
- London
- Closing date
- Sector
- DevOps Engineer
Reference 626159738749921643
About the role
About the job
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.
Position: DevOps / SRE / Cloud Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex infrastructure engineering tasks.
- Review model-generated implementations involving cloud platforms, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, observability, and infrastructure automation.
- Identify bugs, edge cases, reliability issues, and failure modes.
- Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
- Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic infrastructure engineering scenarios.
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet sprint-based project deadlines.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 2+ years of professional DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering experience.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, or observability tooling.
- Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
- Ability to evaluate model-generated infrastructure and reliability engineering solutions.
Preferred
- Experience supporting production-scale systems.
Compensation & Legal
- $400 per accepted task.
- Compensation is tied to accepted work.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email removed]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Reference: 626159738749921643 · Posted 46 minutes ago · Closes 10 Dec 2026 · Listed via Mercor
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