Software Engineer, Backend

About the Company

Mercor is defining the future of work. We partner with leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human intelligence essential to AI development. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend APIs, services, and infrastructure
• Collaborate across the stack with product and design to ship features quickly
• Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to documentation
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and retros
• Solve real-world customer problems under real-world constraints
• Contribute to core systems that power training, evaluation, and scaling for leading AI labs

Requirements

• Strong coding fundamentals in at least one modern language (Python, Go, Rust, etc.)
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
• Familiarity with APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)
• Bias toward ownership, curiosity, and asking the right questions
• Ability to break down ambiguity and ship simple solutions to complex problems

Benefits

• Bi-annual performance bonus structure
• Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
• Up to $15k Relocation bonus
• $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
• $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
• Free Equinox membership
• $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
• $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
• Health, Dental, Vision insurance