Software Engineer

Role Description

Mercor is seeking software engineers to support one of the world’s leading AI labs in building robust, high-performance systems that serve the needs of next-generation machine learning applications.

This role involves using coding agents to perform a variety of realistic coding tasks on real world codebases.

Qualifications

• Have extensive experience using coding agents as part of your software engineering workflow (codex, claude code, etc.)
• Fluent in one of the following languages: Rust, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python
• Contributions to open source projects
• Extensive work on robust personal projects that are shared publicly on GitHub
• Hold a Computer Science degree from a prestigious university in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia or New Zealand
• Currently located in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia or New Zealand
• Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail and rigorous problem-solving skills
• Excel in both written and verbal communication

Requirements

• Flexible workload: 10–20 hours per week, with potential to increase to 40 hours
• Fully remote and asynchronous—work on your own schedule
• Minimum duration: 2 weeks, with potential for extension

Role Start Date

• This role will begin early October with applications reviewed on a rolling basis

Compensation and Legal Details

• You will be legally classified as an hourly contractor for Mercor
• We will pay you out at the end of each week via Stripe Connect

Company Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs, headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Our distinguished investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Apply today and redefine digital creativity alongside groundbreaking AI technologies!