Performance Engineer AI Systems

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 DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Performance Engineer (C Python Rust) IN
Type: Contract
Compensation: $35$45/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in systems-level optimization compiler engineering and runtime performance topics.
• Design challenging domain-relevant tasks across multiple specializations and write accurate well-structured solutions to performance engineering problems.
• Evaluate performance engineering tasks and solutions and provide clear written technical feedback.
• Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics/evaluation frameworks to assess systems design quality across AI workloads.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 2 years of dedicated professional experience in performance engineering systems programming or low-level optimization.
• Deep hands-on expertise in at least one of the following: C Python or Rust.
• Demonstrable track record of measurable performance improvements on production systems.
• 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.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

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