iOS Engineer (Coding Agent) at Mercor

iOS Engineer (Coding Agent Evaluator) | $85/hr | Worldwide Remote

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research lab on a Frontier Code Agents project. In this role, you'll use and evaluate cutting-edge AI coding agents on realistic iOS engineering tasks — helping shape the next generation of AI-powered development tools. Spots are limited and filling quickly.

What You'll Do

• Use frontier AI coding agents (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI) to complete and evaluate complex mobile engineering tasks.
• Review model-generated iOS application code for correctness, quality, maintainability, and performance.
• Identify bugs, edge cases, and failure modes in AI-generated outputs.
• Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their relative strengths and weaknesses.
• Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic mobile engineering scenarios.

Compensation & Time Commitment

• $400 per accepted task — typical tasks take approximately 2–3 hours after ramp-up.
• Sprint-based project running in 12–24 hour stretches based on client requirements.
• Compensation is tied to accepted, completed work.

Who Should Apply

• 2+ years of professional iOS engineering experience.
• Proven experience building and maintaining production iOS applications using Swift and modern iOS frameworks.
• Regular, hands-on use of AI coding agents in your development workflow.
• Ability to critically evaluate model-generated mobile implementations and architectural decisions.
• Experience shipping production mobile applications is strongly preferred.

This is a contractor engagement ideal for experienced iOS engineers looking to contribute to frontier AI research on a flexible, project-based schedule.