CLOUD DEVOPS ENGINEER - AI/ML

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: Cloud / DevOps Engineer (Infra & IaC) Type: Contract Compensation: $75–$110/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 40 hours/week Role Responsibilities • Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in cloud infrastructure , Kubernetes operations , and Infrastructure-as-Code topics. • Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks, and write accurate and well-structured solutions to cluster diagnosis , AWS service integration , and infrastructure automation problems. • Evaluate infrastructure engineering tasks and solutions and provide clear, written technical feedback. • Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics/evaluation frameworks to assess cluster failure diagnosis , IaC design quality , and CI/CD pipeline reasoning across tasks. • Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data. Qualifications Must-Have • 4+ years of dedicated professional experience in cloud infrastructure , DevOps , site reliability , or platform engineering . • Hands-on production experience operating Kubernetes , including diagnosing and repairing cluster failures. • Production experience with Infrastructure-as-Code , specifically Terraform and/or AWS CDK . • Direct experience integrating AWS services in production, including Lambda , API Gateway , and DynamoDB . • Experience building and owning CI/CD pipelines . • Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) • Upload resume • AI interview based on your resume • Submit form Resources & Support • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome • For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.