Software Engineer, Platform
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.
Software Engineer, Backend
Builds scalable backend systems and APIs powering AI workflows for talent platforms and data annotation for top AI labs. Requires strong coding in Python/Go/Rust, distributed systems knowledge, and cloud experience.
130k – 500kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringOnsite
About the role
What You’ll Do
- 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.
What We’re Looking For
- 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
- Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
- A $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
- A $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
- Free Equinox membership
- Health insurance
Skills
PythonGoRustAPIsSQLNoSQLAWSGCPData StructuresAlgorithmsDistributed Systems
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