AI-powered staffing platform matching experts to AI labs
Mercor connects top AI professionals and domain experts with leading AI labs and enterprises for training frontier models, RLHF data, and AI agent development. It powers critical human expertise needs in AI research and deployment. The platform manages contingent workforce solutions including matching, payments, and fraud prevention.
Design instructional infrastructure and training programs for internal teams and talent experts executing AI data annotation and evaluation tasks. Requires 2+ years in learning/instructional design with strong writing and pedagogical skills.
Lead engineering for fraud detection, identity verification, and compliance systems at a Series C AI infrastructure company. Build AI-powered risk and decision systems while managing a high-performing backend team.
Owns the operational backbone of the people function, designing scalable HR systems, policies, and compliance processes for a global, hyper-growth tech company. Reports to the executive team and partners closely with finance, legal, and operations.
Drive execution across Delivery, Finance, Product, and GTM by unblocking revenue, operationalizing plans, and running company cadences. Requires 1-4 years in consulting, ops, or finance plus top-school degree and data fluency.
Business Development Representative responsible for high-volume outbound prospecting to secure enterprise data partnerships. Requires 3+ years of outbound sales experience and consistent quota achievement.
Own and evolve Mercor's brand identity across web, social, campaigns, decks, and events. Create polished visual systems and assets while building scalable brand guidelines for a fast-growing AI company.
As a Growth Associate, you will connect AI companies with specialized experts, driving revenue and shaping the future of AI. This role involves sourcing, recruiting, and building relationships with professionals across various industries.
As a Fullstack Software Engineer on the Applied AI team, you will own the Studio platform end-to-end, building and maintaining React frontends and backend services. You will lead engineering best practices and ship high-leverage product features to improve data generation and delivery pipelines.
Mercor is seeking an IT Operations Lead to manage the reliability, security, and scalability of identity, endpoint, and IT infrastructure systems. This role focuses on transforming reactive support into strategic, automated solutions, troubleshooting complex issues, and mentoring future IT team members.
As a Senior Software Engineer, AI Data & Evaluation, you will build data infrastructure and evaluation systems for frontier AI models. This role involves designing evaluation methodologies, building synthetic data generation systems, and architecting operational automation.
Build ML models and decision systems for search, ranking, candidate-job matching, and marketplace optimization at a fast-growing AI talent platform.
Own enterprise customer relationships and drive commercial strategy for AI solutions. Requires 3+ years client-facing experience in consulting, sales, PE, or tech GTM/ops with strong stakeholder communication.
Lead end-to-end internal systems transformation across finance, operations, product, and tooling. Own roadmap, data model, cross-functional execution, and governance for a scalable platform supporting billing, revenue, and operational workflows.
Supports enterprise AI engagements by scoping workstreams, coordinating stakeholders, translating customer feedback to engineering, and refining GTM materials. Requires 1-3 years in consulting/ops/strategy with strong analytical skills and AI curiosity.
Owns full sales cycle for AI-powered staffing solutions targeting CTOs and technical founders at venture-backed startups. Requires 4-7 years quota-carrying sales experience in SaaS/developer tools, tech fluency especially in AI/ML, and strong startup ecosystem networks.
Owns full sales cycle for mid-market companies seeking AI-powered contingent workforce solutions. Drives pipeline via outbound prospecting, conducts discovery and negotiations with VP-level buyers in HR/Procurement, and ensures successful account launches. Requires 5-8 years quota-carrying sales experience in staffing.
Owns full sales cycle for AI-powered contingent workforce solutions targeting Fortune 500 accounts. Drives outbound prospecting, leads multi-stakeholder deals, and closes $5M+ ACV contracts. Requires 7+ years staffing sales experience and VMS expertise.
Builds secure, scalable backend systems for contracts, payouts, fraud detection, and identity/access management on Mercor's AI platform. Requires 4+ years experience with production systems at scale and strong ownership.
Builds backend systems for fraud detection, identity verification, and abuse prevention at scale. Partners with product/engineering on roadmaps; requires 4+ years software engineering experience, strong backend fundamentals, and autonomous problem-solving in ambiguous spaces.
Builds and operates scalable data pipelines and systems for post-training workflows, model evaluations, and synthetic data generation. Partners with frontier AI labs and customers, requiring strong backend skills in Python/Go/Rust and ML evaluation expertise.
Builds scalable financial data infrastructure and AI-powered automation for finance operations, integrating tools like dbt, Snowflake, and agentic workflows to replace manual processes. Requires 3+ years in finance ops/data engineering, SQL/Python proficiency, and finance domain expertise.
Supports office operations, event coordination, recruiting logistics, and HR tasks in a fast-paced startup. Early-career role requiring strong organization, positivity, and tech fluency with tools like Notion and Slack; in-office in San Francisco.
Designs and implements cloud security architectures including multi-account AWS isolation, Kubernetes hardening, and CSPM with Wiz for enterprise tenant separation. Requires 5+ years in cloud/infrastructure security, IaC expertise, and production experience.
Owns application security by embedding review workflows in SDLC, building SAST/DAST pipelines in CI/CD, managing vulnerability remediation, and operating bug bounty programs. Requires 5+ years experience finding/fixing vulnerabilities, strong skills in Python/TypeScript/Go, and SAST/DAST tooling.
Leads engineering teams building AI evaluation infrastructure, annotation products, and multimodal systems to improve frontier model quality. Partners with product, research, and AI labs while managing 6-10 engineers, owning technical direction, and scaling high-performing teams.
Build and own revenue operations infrastructure from scratch, including billing, reporting, data reconciliation, and cross-functional processes with Finance/Engineering. Requires 4-10 years experience, strong SQL, and CRM/billing expertise in high-growth tech.
Builds backend systems for marketplace matching, search, allocation, and workflows using Python/Go. Requires experience with reliable high-throughput APIs, distributed systems, and data modeling to optimize fill rates and performance.
Designs and maintains benchmarks, evaluation systems, and failure analysis workflows for frontier LLMs, focusing on tool use, agentic behavior, and reasoning. Builds rubrics, scorers, and dashboards while collaborating with AI research teams in a fast-paced environment.
Owns key customer relationships for AI staffing services, managing accounts from evaluation to delivery, driving revenue growth, and collaborating cross-functionally to meet client needs in a fast-paced environment. Requires 3-5 years in sales, account management, or staffing with strong commercial instincts.
Build and own healthcare data partnerships from scratch, sourcing and closing deals with health systems, payers, EHR vendors for large datasets. Manage full cycle including negotiation, compliance (HIPAA, FHIR/HL7), and long-term relationships. Requires 3-7 years BD/sales experience in healthcare data ecosystem.
Build and scale resilient payments infrastructure for a high-volume AI talent marketplace, focusing on observability, automation, and reliability in payout orchestration, ledgers, and settlements. Requires 5+ years backend experience, preferably in fintech, with expertise in payment gateways and distributed systems.
Develops post-training pipelines, RLVR experiments, synthetic data generation, and large-scale LLM evaluation systems to enhance frontier language model performance in tool use, agentic behavior, and reasoning. Requires strong ML experience, coding skills, and research background.
Leads quality programs for human data projects by developing automated technical solutions, managing auditor teams, and delivering quality insights to customers. Requires 3+ years experience in technical operations, project management, and data-driven problem-solving in fast-paced environments.
Coordinates high-volume interview scheduling, manages Ashby ATS for pipeline hygiene, supports candidate experience and onsite recruiting events. Requires 2-5 years recruiting operations experience and strong organizational skills in fast-paced environment.
Owns full-cycle technical recruiting for software, ML, infrastructure, and leadership roles at a fast-scaling AI company. Partners with engineering execs to build hiring systems, design assessments, and optimize funnels using tools like Ashby.
Builds autonomous agent systems for internal operations using Python and LLM APIs, including MCP servers, evaluation frameworks, and workflow orchestration. Owns end-to-end backend infrastructure with focus on reliability and real-world impact.
Leads enterprise AI business development by owning customer relationships, executing commercial strategies, and driving cross-functional initiatives with sales, product, and operations. Requires 5+ years client-facing experience, strong communication, and AI curiosity for high-ownership role.
Coordinates development, release, and communication of AI benchmarks and evaluations. Manages leaderboards, runs evals, supports marketing, and builds AI community relationships. Requires 2-3 years in project management or research support with strong analytical skills.
Leads IT operations by managing endpoint reliability, security, and scalability for identity and infrastructure systems. Handles Tier 2/3 incidents, automates resolutions, troubleshoots Apple devices and tools like Okta and Google Workspace, and mentors team members. Requires 5-7 years in IT ops supporting technical teams.
Owns key customer relationships with AI labs and enterprises, managing from evaluation to delivery. Leads commercial processes, technical strategy, cross-functional execution, and revenue growth in fast-paced AI environment. Requires 4+ years experience, technical background, and consulting/startup exposure.
Owns full-cycle recruiting for operations and other roles, partnering with GMs to build scalable hiring systems using tools like Ashby and Mercor's product. Focuses on technical operators for AI labs, driving metrics, candidate experience, and brand in a fast-growth environment.
Leads building and scaling external partnerships from 0-1, owning business development, deal closure, contract negotiations, and stakeholder management for data/AI initiatives. Requires 5+ years in BD/partnerships with proven deal-making experience.
Leads expert sourcing pods end-to-end, managing capacity, optimizing channels, and driving talent pipelines to support revenue growth. Requires 3-5 years in GTM/outbound sales with strong data-driven judgment and tool proficiency like LinkedIn Recruiter.
Executes large-scale AI training projects by sourcing and managing domain experts, driving $10M+ revenue, and collaborating with operations and engineering teams. Targets exceptional recent grads with consulting/finance/startup experience and strong analytical/communication skills.
Owns production reliability for critical systems, builds SRE function from scratch, introduces modern practices like SLIs/SLOs and error budgets. Requires 5+ years SRE experience with large-scale distributed systems.
Manages HR systems, employee lifecycle, compliance, and operations for a global workforce in a hyper-growth startup. Requires 4-7 years in People Ops/HR with international experience and process-building expertise.
Builds intuitive, performant frontend UIs with React/TypeScript/Next.js for AI talent platforms and data tools. Collaborates with design/product/backend to ship scalable experiences for top AI labs in fast-paced environment.
Builds and maintains scalable data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and reliability using SQL, Python, dbt, and Fivetran to support data science, engineering, and product teams. Requires proven data engineering experience with modern data stack tools.
Builds and scales highly available infrastructure using AWS, Terraform, and Docker to support rapid growth and AI workloads. Collaborates with product and research teams on architectures, CI/CD, monitoring, and performance optimization.