MLOps Expert - AI Trainer at Mercor

Position MLOps Expert - AI Trainer
Posted 31 May 2026
Expired 30 Jun 2026
Company Mercor
Location Chicago | US
Job Type Full Time

Job Description:

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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: MLOps Engineer Expert
Type:Contract
Compensation:$90โ€“$140/hour
Location:Remote
Commitment:40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in MLOps, training infrastructure, and ML framework-level topics.
  • Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks, and write accurate and well-structured solutions to MLOps and ML systems problems.
  • Evaluate MLOps tasks and solutions and provide clear, written technical feedback.
  • Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics/evaluation frameworks to assess training pipeline design, distributed systems reasoning, and kernel-level optimization across tasks.
  • Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 2+ years of dedicated professional experience in ML infrastructure, MLOps, or ML systems engineering at a recognized, top-tier organization.
  • Hands-on production experience with JAX and/or PyTorch at scale.
  • Experience writing or optimizing custom GPU kernels using Pallas (JAX) or Triton.
  • Demonstrable career progression.
  • Ability to engage reliably for at least 40 hours/week during weekdays.
  • Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.

Application Process (Takes 20โ€“30 mins to complete)

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Job Info:

  • Company: Mercor
  • Position: MLOps Expert - AI Trainer
  • Work Location: Chicago
  • Country: US

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