About this role
Contract DevOps/SRE/Cloud Engineer role evaluating AI coding agents on infrastructure engineering tasks. Work with frontier models to assess cloud, Kubernetes, and CI/CD implementations. $85/hr, fully remote from Canada.
Must have
2+ years 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
Technologies
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 in model outputs
Compare outputs from multiple frontier models to assess their strengths and weaknesses
Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic infrastructure engineering scenarios
Benefits
Recruitment process
Contract position at $85 per hour
$400 per accepted task with compensation tied to accepted work
Application process takes 20-30 minutes including resume upload, AI interview, and form submission
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs
Team reviews applications daily
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