AI Coding Specialist
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MercorAI Research
United StatesContractMiddle
Salary60 - 90 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Required Skills
- PythonGitSoftware EngineeringDebuggingPrompt Engineering
Requirements
- MSc or PhD in computer science or a related STEM field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 1+ years of experience in research, research-engineering, or software engineering.
- Strong skills in Python scripting and debugging.
- Fluency with Git, IDEs, and standard software development workflows.
- Ability to work independently on open-ended problems.
- Experience with AI coding assistants, prompt engineering, or agent workflows (preferred).
- Past experience in AI training, model evaluation, or benchmark/task authoring (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Design realistic, multi-step software engineering challenges to push the limits of today's best AI coding agents.
- Build reference solutions using Python with clear, verifiable answers.
- Work with AI coding assistants to identify their strengths and weaknesses in your workflow.
- Review tasks from fellow experts, providing feedback on clarity, correctness, and difficulty.
- Analyze AI agent failures to help the research team understand task challenges.
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