Cloud Engineer - Fully Remote | Upto $85/hr

Mercor is a platform connecting elite technical talent with leading AI research labs, backed by prominent investors. We are currently seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to join our team in a fully remote capacity to help advance the capabilities of frontier AI coding agents.

Key responsibilities

• Utilize 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.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering experience.
• Proficiency 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, or similar tools.
• Proven ability to evaluate model-generated infrastructure and reliability engineering solutions.
• Experience supporting production-scale systems is highly preferred.

What we offer

• The opportunity to work at the cutting edge of AI development and infrastructure engineering.
• A fully remote work environment that allows for flexibility and autonomy.
• Engagement with high-impact projects that shape the future of AI research labs.
• Competitive compensation structure based on project-based deliverables.