Deployment Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Mercor
£58 Per hour
Inside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Deployment Engineer involves assisting a leading AI research lab with environment setup and dependency management for open-source Python projects. The position requires expertise in Python and focuses on configuring development environments and resolving dependency issues. This is a remote and flexible role with a trial period to assess mutual fit. Candidates are expected to commit between 20-40 hours per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with environment setup and dependency management for open-source Python projects.
- Configure development environments and resolve dependency issues.
- Ensure tests pass across various codebases.
- Review Python push requests in Github.
- Commit between 20-40 hours per week.
Key Skills:
- Expertise in Python with at least 2 years of industry experience.
- Familiarity with setting up development environments.
- High attention to detail.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Active participation on Github with numerous commits over the past year (strongly preferred).
Salary (Rate): £45-£58 hourly
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are hiring software engineers to assist a leading AI research lab with environment setup and dependency management for open-source Python projects. Your work will focus on configuring development environments, resolving dependency issues, and ensuring tests pass across various codebases. This is a remote, flexible role.
Job requirements
- Expertise in Python, ideally at least 2 years of industry experience.
- Familiarity with setting up development environments.
- High attention to detail as well as exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- (Strongly Preferred) Lots of activity on Github, in particular lots of commits over the past year.
More details about the role
Pay Rate: 45-58$/hr
This project is focused on reviewing Python push requests in Github. It may slightly evolve with time, but strong Python competency is required anyway. The project has a 2 week trial period up front to see if it’s a good mutual fit, and will extend beyond that based on performance. You will be expected to commit between 20-40 hours per week. The hours are fully flexible and the opportunity is remote.
Role Logistics
You’ll be paid weekly via Stripe Connect. You’ll be an independent contractor, working through Mercor. The advertised pay range is for US-based candidates, but we strive to keep rates competitive for all geographies.
About Mercor
Our team is based in San Francisco, CA. We specialize in recruiting experts for top AI labs. Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.