Remote AI Systems Engineer - Enterprise Toolchains

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: Enterprise SWEs

Type: Contract

Compensation: $50–$70/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Develop and complete coding tasks in various enterprise languages.
• Evaluate and improve systems and build toolchains using C and Rust.
• Enhance enterprise JVM and build ecosystems with C#, Kotlin, Scala, and Swift.
• Optimize production web and ops scripting with Ruby, PHP, and Perl.
• Advance scientific and quant computing using R.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet project deadlines.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Strong professional experience in at least one listed domain.
• Deep understanding of language internals, tooling, and real-world production constraints.
• Ability to reason about edge cases, performance, and system design trade-offs.
• Detail-oriented with strong written feedback skills.