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, Fraud
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.
130k – 500kSan Francisco, CANew York, NYBackend EngineeringOnsite4+ YOE
About the role
Responsibilities
- Own and build fraud detection and prevention systems across multiple fraud surfaces, including identity and platform abuse.
- Partner closely with product and engineering to define a fraud roadmap, prioritize the highest-leverage problems, and ship defenses quickly.
- Design and implement tools, workflows, and backend systems that detect suspicious behavior and reduce fraudulent activity.
- Establish clearer visibility into fraud patterns, operational risk, and the effectiveness of prevention systems over time.
- Work across ambiguous, fast-moving problem spaces and independently drive large scopes of work on a lean team.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in software engineering.
- Preferred: Experience working on fraud or abuse prevention, with a strong understanding of how to translate patterns and threats into product and engineering roadmaps.
- Ability to operate autonomously and take ownership over large, ambiguous problem areas.
- Strong backend engineering fundamentals and comfort building production systems.
- A practical, high-judgment approach to balancing speed, security, and user experience.
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
Skills
Backend EngineeringFraud DetectionAbuse PreventionIdentity VerificationPythonGoJavaPostgresRedisMachine LearningRisk ModelingData PipelinesAWSKubernetes
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