Cloud Computing Specialist - AI Trainer

Mercor
San Francisco, CA

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: Cloud Computing Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $1,750–$2,150 per completed task

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Build a realistic digital workspace using architecture docs , runbooks , RFCs , and other tools like HashiCorp Terraform , Datadog , Splunk , and GitHub Actions .
  • Design multi-step tasks that challenge frontier AI agents by navigating multiple apps and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with cloud-computing experts to design environments and review scenarios for realism.
  • Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for cloud-computing agent benchmarks.
  • Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking by informing how leading labs train and evaluate AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 3+ years of experience at a major hyperscaler or Fortune 500 platform/infrastructure team .
  • Background in cloud architecture , site reliability engineering , DevOps , or cloud FinOps .
  • Day-to-day use of HashiCorp Terraform , Splunk , Datadog , GitHub Actions , and Okta .
  • Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.

Preferred

  • Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect , Azure Solutions Architect , GCP Professional Cloud Architect , CKA , or CKAD .

Compensation & Legal

  • Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality.
  • Performance Bonus: Weekly bonus incentive for top performers.
  • Hourly Opportunity: Potential transition to hourly compensation for sustained quality.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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

Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check:
  • For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

#hiringmercor
Posted 2026-06-12

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