Performance Engineer - AI Specialist
Location
San Francisco, California
Job Type
Full-time
Category
computer-and-mathematical
Posted
June 17, 2026
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: Performance Engineer Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $100–$130/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Guide research and engineering teams to improve AI model performance in systems-level optimization, compiler engineering, and runtime performance.
- Design challenging tasks across multiple specializations and write accurate s...