AI Developer Trace Task Auditor
Evaluate the quality and correctness of AI-assisted software-development traces used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models.
- Pay
- Firm hourly pay: $70-$90 per hour
- Location
- Remote — United States
- Eligibility
- Remote; check the U.S. location wording
- Qualification difficulty
- Selective
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- Platform
- Mercor
- Fit category
- Software engineering
- Listing/source checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Inventory presence checked
- Sep 28, 2026
- Apply link checked
- Aug 31, 2026
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What this role involves
Evaluate the quality and correctness of AI-assisted software-development traces used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models. You'll assess end-to-end coding sessions produced with AI-assisted developer tools — judging correctness, workflow soundness, and reasoning — and provide clear, rubric-based written feedback.
Basic Qualifications • 3+ years professional software development • Hands-on experience with AI-assisted coding tools and agentic / spec-driven workflows (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar) • Strong code-reading and debugging skills across full-stack or backend systems • Ability to evaluate multi-step coding trajectories for correctness and best practice
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Kiro or Amazon CodeCatalyst • Prior work evaluating or grading AI-generated code • Contributions to developer tooling
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- Professionals whose experience matches the current AI Developer Trace Task Auditor requirements.
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