Software Engineer, Backend

Mercor Inc.

Job Overview

Location

San Francisco

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As a Software Engineer at Mercor, you’ll join a small, product-driven engineering team building modern backend systems that power critical workflows for some of the most advanced AI companies in the world.
• You’ll own projects end-to-end, designing, building, and shipping production systems that directly impact customers.
• From day one you’ll write production-grade code, reason about systems holistically, and make decisions that tie directly to business outcomes.
• You’ll work closely with product and design, moving fast while upholding a high bar for code quality, scalability, and simplicity.
• At the end of the process, you’ll be team-matched to where you can have the most impact, on one of the following:
• Talent platform side – building next-generation tools that automate recruiting end-to-end, intelligently match candidates to roles, and power global hiring with seamless contracts and payments.
• Applied AI/human data side – partnering with top AI researchers from the AI labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to create post training datasets to improve foundational model capabilities.
• 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.

🎯 Requirements

• 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

• 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 & Technologies

Python

Rust

AWS

GCP

Backend

Onsite

Ready to Apply?

Apply Externally

You will be redirected to an external site to apply.

AI Job Fit Analysis

Pro

See exactly how your profile matches this role — strengths, skill gaps, and what to do about them.

Mercor Inc.

Visit Website

About Mercor Inc.

Mercor Inc. operates an AI-driven hiring marketplace that matches companies with global engineering, finance, and operations talent. Its platform uses machine-learning models to screen résumés, conduct automated interviews, and rank candidates, enabling employers to hire pre-vetted contractors or full-time staff within days. Founded in 2023 by former MIT researchers, the San Francisco-based company serves startups and Fortune 500 clients, handling sourcing, payroll, and compliance across 25 countries. Revenue comes from placement fees and ongoing markups on contractor rates, while talent access roles remotely in software development, data science, sales, and product management.

View Company Profile

Get more remote jobs like this

Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for similar remote roles and curated hiring updates.

Weekly remote jobs and featured talent.

No spam. Only curated remote roles and product updates. You can unsubscribe anytime.