AWS Serverless Auditor - Cloud Expert

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: AWS Serverless & Infrastructure-as-Code Task Auditor
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$90/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality and correctness of AWS serverless and infrastructure-as-code tasks.
• Assess multi-service serverless designs, IaC fidelity, and cross-service integration correctness.
• Provide clear, rubric-based written feedback to improve AI model training.
• Review event-driven architecture for correctness, including IAM/permission boundaries and failure/retry semantics.
• Collaborate asynchronously to enhance cloud-architecture soundness.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3+ years hands-on experience with AWS serverless applications (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB/Streams, S3, EventBridge, SNS/SQS, Step Functions).
• Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code (AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or SAM).
• Ability to assess event-driven architecture correctness.
• Familiarity with local emulation/testing fidelity (e.g., LocalStack).

Preferred

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect / Developer).
• Experience with observability and cost-optimization for serverless workloads.
• Prior code-review or task-grading experience.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

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• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

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