Software Engineer, Identity
Build and scale Mercor's novel identity and access management infrastructure across thousands of Slack workspaces and HR systems for a 100k+ expert network. Requires strong product engineering, large-scale distributed systems experience, and security-minded design instincts.
About the job
What You'll Do
- Talk directly with ops teams to understand business requirements, then translate them into large-scale distributed systems that are designed with security in mind from the start.
- Build and scale the infrastructure that manages expert identity and access across thousands of Slack workspaces, enterprise groups, and HR systems — systems that already operate at a scale most engineers never encounter.
- Own your scope end to end: define the approach, build it, and iterate on it as requirements evolve.
- Design for the security implications of what you're building — not auditing after the fact, but thinking through how gaps in system design compound at scale.
- Work across authentication, authorization, provisioning, and directory sync as the expert network continues to grow.
What We're Looking For
- Strong product engineering fundamentals — you've built and operated systems in production, you care about correctness and reliability, and you're comfortable owning scope without a lot of hand-holding.
- Large-scale distributed systems experience — this is the most identifiable signal on a resume and a strong filter; the problems here are genuinely unprecedented in scale.
- Security-minded thinking — not a formal background necessarily, but the instinct to ask "how does this break, and what are the consequences?" when designing a system.
- Adaptability — we don't want someone who will come in and replicate what they've done before; Mercor's landscape is unique and requires genuine intellectual flexibility.
Benefits
- Generous equity, vested over 4 years.
- Up to $15K relocation bonus.
- $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of the office).
- $1,500/month meals stipend.
- Free Equinox membership.
- $200/month laundry reimbursement.
- $200/month personal wellness reimbursement.
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance.
Skills
Distributed Systems, Authentication, Authorization, Provisioning, Directory Sync, Security Design, Slack Api, Hr Systems Integration
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