Performance Engineer - Systems Optimization

Mercor

Full-time computer-and-mathematical
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Location
New York, New York, United States
Posted
May 23, 2026

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: Performance Engineer (C++, Python, Rust)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $90–$120/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Guide research and engineering teams to improve AI model performance in systems-level optimization, compiler engineering, and runtime performance.
  • Design challenging tasks across multiple specializations and write accurate so...