Mercor
Kubernetes Task Auditor
- Pay
- $70–90/hr
- Type
- Hourly
- Location
- Remote
- Who can apply
- USA only
- Posted
- Aug 28, 2026
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About this role
Evaluate the quality, correctness, and production-readiness of Kubernetes tasks used to train and evaluate a frontier AI lab's models. You'll assess cluster-operations scenarios, manifest correctness, and failure-mode troubleshooting — and provide clear, rubric-based written feedback. Basic Qualifications 3+ years hands-on production Kubernetes experience (EKS/GKE/AKS or self-managed) Deep understanding of cluster internals: CNI/DNS/ingress, PV/PVC storage, RBAC, and failure modes (CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, scheduling/eviction) Experience authoring and reviewing manifests / Helm charts and debugging live cluster incidents Proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript Preferred Qualifications CKA / CKAD certification Service-mesh, autoscaling, and observability experience (Istio, HPA, Prometheus/Grafana) Prior SRE / platform-engineering or task-grading experience
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