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QA/Test Engineer - Fully Remote | Upto $90/hr

Mercor

full-remotemidcontractqa United States Today via LinkedIn
62,400 - 93,600 USD/daily

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QATest EngineeringQuality AssurancePythonGitAI EvaluationTest Case DesignDebuggingBenchmarkingQuality Review

About the role

QA/Test Engineer (Contract) — Fully Remote

Type: Contract (35 hours/week)
Compensation: $60–$90/hour
Location: Remote (United States)

Role Overview

As a QA/Test Engineer, you will design and execute quality checks for AI agent runs and evaluation tasks, ensuring benchmark integrity and catching edge cases and ambiguities early.

Responsibilities

  • Design test cases to confirm tasks work as intended, including tricky edge cases.
  • Review tasks and reference solutions to identify ambiguity and gaps early.
  • Debug using Python when tasks or checks behave unexpectedly.
  • Shape quality checklists and provide actionable feedback to authors.
  • Protect benchmark scores by identifying shortcuts and grading gaps in AI agent runs.

Requirements

  • MSc or PhD in a STEM field or equivalent practical experience.
  • 1+ years in test engineering, quality assurance, or research/software engineering.
  • Strong ability to design test cases, run quality-review processes, and debug complex systems.
  • Proficiency in Python and Git.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and clear documentation habits.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with AI training, model evaluation, or quality review of AI-generated work.
  • A perfectionist mindset and creativity for finding overlooked issues.

About Mercor

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and is supported by notable investors, focusing on AI research and related talent matching.

Scraped 7/25/2026