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: Frontend Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks.
- Review model-generated frontend code for correctness, quality, maintainability, accessibility, 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 frontend engineering scenarios.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 2+ years of professional frontend engineering experience.
- Experience building modern web applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar technologies.
- Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
- Ability to evaluate model-generated frontend implementations, UI architecture, and performance optimizations.
Preferred
- Experience working on large-scale consumer or enterprise applications.
Compensation & Legal
- $400 per accepted task
- Compensation tied to accepted work
