AI Summary
Mercor is seeking a skilled Machine Learning Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will have experience in machine learning model development, a strong proficiency in Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and modern ML/NLP frameworks, and a solid understanding of ML fundamentals. The role involves designing, building, and optimizing machine learning models for classification, prediction, NLP, recommendation, or generative tasks.
Key Highlights
Design and build machine learning models for classification, prediction, NLP, recommendation, or generative tasks
Optimize machine learning models for performance and efficiency
Conduct advanced feature engineering and data preprocessing
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
$35/hour
Contract
Remote work
Job Description
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: Machine Learning Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $35/hour
Location: India
Commitment: 30–40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Frame unique ML problems to enhance the capabilities of LLMs.
- Design, build, and optimize machine learning models for classification, prediction, NLP, recommendation, or generative tasks.
- Run rapid experimentation cycles, evaluate model performance, and iterate continuously.
- Conduct advanced feature engineering and data preprocessing.
- Implement adversarial testing, model robustness checks, and bias evaluations.
- Fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy transformer-based models where necessary.
- Maintain clear documentation of datasets, experiments, and model decisions.
- Stay updated on the latest ML research, tools, and techniques to push modeling capabilities forward.
Must-Have
- At least 2 years of full-time experience in machine learning model development.
- Technical degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Demonstrated competitive machine learning experience (Kaggle, DrivenData, or equivalent).
- Evidence of top-tier performance in ML competitions (Kaggle medals, finalist placements, leaderboard rankings).
- Strong proficiency in Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and modern ML/NLP frameworks.
- Solid understanding of ML fundamentals: statistics, optimization, model evaluation, architectures.
- Experience with distributed training, ML pipelines, and experiment tracking.
- Strong problem-solving skills and algorithmic thinking.
- Experience working with cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Exceptional analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to clearly explain modeling decisions, tradeoffs, and evaluation results.
- Fluency in English.
- Kaggle Grandmaster, Master, or multiple Gold Medals.
- Experience creating benchmarks, evaluations, or ML challenge problems.
- Background in generative models, LLMs, or multimodal learning.
- Experience with large-scale distributed training.
- Prior experience in AI research, ML platforms, or infrastructure teams.
- Contributions to technical blogs, open-source projects, or research publications.
- Prior mentorship or technical leadership experience.
- Published research papers (conference or journal).
- Experience with LLM fine-tuning, vector databases, or generative AI workflows.
- Familiarity with MLOps tools: Weights & Biases, MLflow, Airflow, Docker, etc.
- Experience optimizing inference performance and deploying models at scale.
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- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
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