Software Engineer, Identity

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.