MLOps Engineer - JAX/PyTorch Expert

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: MLOps Engineer (JAX, PyTorch, Pallas/Triton)
Type:Contract
Compensation:$90–$130/hour
Location:Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in MLOps, training infrastructure, and ML framework-level topics.
• Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks across multiple specializations. Write accurate and well-structured solutions to MLOps and ML systems problems.
• Evaluate MLOps tasks and solutions. Provide clear, written technical feedback.
• Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics/evaluation frameworks to assess training pipeline design, distributed systems reasoning, and kernel-level optimization across tasks.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years of dedicated professional experience in ML infrastructure, MLOps, or ML systems engineering at a recognized, top-tier organization.
• Hands-on production experience with JAX and/or PyTorch at scale, including distributed training strategies (FSDP, tensor parallelism, pipeline parallelism), memory optimization, and framework-level debugging.
• Experience writing or optimizing custom GPU kernels using Pallas (JAX) or Triton, including tiling strategies, memory layout design, and kernel fusion.
• Demonstrable career progression.
• Ability to engage reliably for at least 30 hours/week during weekdays.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.

Compensation & Legal

• W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC.
• Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

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