Senior Infrastructure Engineer | Upto $80/hr

Senior Infrastructure Engineer required for freelance position with Mercor, connecting elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Evaluate AI-powered CLI coding agents, solve TerminalBench tasks, and diagnose broken systems inside Docker containers. Work independently with flexible hours and experience hands-on debugging of systems and infrastructure.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering
• Strong bash/shell scripting proficiency
• Experience with Docker and containerization
• Skills in infrastructure and systems debugging with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, nginx, TLS, systemd, and log analysis
• Familiarity with version control workflows (Git, PRs, issue tracking)