Hourly Contract | Remote in US, Canada, UK, Australia, or New Zealand | $50-$70/hour
Mercor is seeking an experienced DevOps Support Engineer to help design, review, and validate prompt-based questions for training advanced AI models. Use your expertise in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native operations to ensure that AI systems reflect real-world engineering and deployment best practices.
Write, review, and improve DevOps-focused prompts and responses for AI training
Ensure coverage of deployment, monitoring, automation, incident response, and production troubleshooting
Evaluate prompt quality and LLM-generated outputs for technical accuracy and relevance
Draw from your experience with CI/CD, container orchestration, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Collaborate asynchronously with technical teams to refine evaluation standards
3+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer, SRE, platform engineer, or systems integration engineer
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
Based in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, or New Zealand
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud platforms
Experienced supporting production systems and deployment pipelines
Strong technical writing and documentation skills
Fully remote and asynchronous; flexible with your schedule
10-20 hours per week, with potential to expand up to 40 hours per week
Initial project duration: 1-2 months, with possible extension
Start: mid to late August, rolling applications
AI interview with DevOps scenario and screen-sharing prompt creation (desktop/laptop required)
Evaluate LLM outputs and select most effective responses
Selection based on technical accuracy, clarity, and prompt evaluation
Hourly contractor classification
Weekly payments via Stripe Connect
Mercor connects elite technical and creative talent to leading AI labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Mercor’s investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. We value diversity and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
Apply now to help shape how AI understands DevOps workflows and production infrastructure.
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