PHWhat You'll Do
- Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex security engineering tasks.
- Review model-generated code and architectures for vulnerabilities, security risks, and implementation flaws.
- Identify bugs, edge cases, and security-related failure modes.
- Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
- Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic security engineering scenarios.
Time Commitment
- Sprint based project that runs in 12-24 hour stretches based on client requirement.
Compensation
- $400 per accepted task.
- Typical tasks take approximately 2–3 hours after ramp-up.
- Compensation is tied to accepted work.
Who Should Apply
- 2+ years of professional security engineering experience.
- Experience with application security, cloud security, infrastructure security, vulnerability management, or security tooling.
- Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
- Ability to identify flaws in model-generated code and architectures.
- Experience securing production systems is preferred.
We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
Contract and Payment Terms
- You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
- This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
- Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
- Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.