[Remote] Backend Engineer - AI Coding Agent
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. They are seeking a Backend Engineer to utilize AI coding agents for various engineering tasks and ensure the quality and performance of model-generated code.
Responsibilities
- Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks
- Review model-generated code for correctness, quality, maintainability, and performance
- Identify bugs, edge cases, and failure modes in model outputs
- Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses
- Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic backend engineering scenarios
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance
Skills
- 2+ years of professional backend engineering experience
- Experience building APIs, distributed systems, microservices, backend platforms, or databases
- Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools
- Ability to evaluate model-generated code and identify bugs, edge cases, and architectural tradeoffs
- Experience working on large-scale production systems
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