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Machine Learning Software Engineer (Part-Time | $80 –$120/hr)
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Base pay range : $80.00/hr - $120.00/hr

About the Role
At Mercor, we’re building the talent engine that helps leading labs and research organizations move AI forward. Our newest initiative focuses on benchmarking and improving model performance and training speed across real machine learning workloads.

If you’re an early-career Machine Learning Engineer or an ML-focused graduate student/PhD who values innovation, rigor, and meaningful impact, we’d love to meet you.

This is a

remote, asynchronous, part-time

opportunity ideal for individuals who thrive on clear structure and measurable outcomes.

What to Expect

Schedule:

Remote and asynchronous — set your own working hours

Commitment:

~20 hours per week

Duration:

Through

December 22nd , with potential extension into

2026

What You’ll Do

Draft

detailed natural-language plans and code implementations

for machine learning tasks

Convert novel ML problems into

agent-executable tasks

for reinforcement learning environments

Identify

failure modes

and apply golden patches to LLM-generated trajectories for ML tasks

What You’ll Bring

Experience:

0–2 years as a Machine Learning Engineer or graduate-level experience in Computer Science, ML, or related coursework

Required Skills:

Familiarity with ML libraries:

TensorFlow, XGBoost, scikit-learn , etc.; experience with model training, data preparation, and evaluation

Bonus:

Contributions to ML benchmarks or open-source ML tooling

Compensation & Terms

Rate:

$80–$120 per hour (based on experience and region)

Payments:

Weekly via

Stripe Connect

How to Apply

Complete the

System Design Session

( Fill out the

Machine Learning Engineer Screen

(
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