Mercor · Software & coding
AI Developer Trace Task Auditor
Listed on Mercor as “AI Developer Trace Task Auditor”
What this actually is
You review AI-generated code, rank model outputs against each other, write prompts that test edge cases, and provide expert feedback that gets used to train coding models. Not shipping production software. The platform title (AI Developer Trace Task Auditor) reflects the rate band and the expertise required, not the day-to-day work.
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Can you do this on your visa?
F-2 / F-4 / F-5 / F-6: open. E-1 to E-7: needs concurrent-employment permit. D-2 / D-4 students: S-3 permit, 20 hr/week cap. D-10 / D-8: case by case.
Korean tax on USD income
First 5 years in Korea: foreign-source income only taxed if remitted into Korea. After year 5: worldwide income. Full tax guide.
Original posting from Mercor
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
Quoted from Mercor’s public listing on 2026-09-08. We don’t edit platform copy; honest framing is in the title and the “what this actually is” block above.
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