Software Engineer, Marketplace
Mercor · San Francisco
CHECKED 13M AGO
Applied AIonsite$160k–$500k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own core systems matching top experts to cutting-edge AI projects.
- Build search, allocation, and workflow infrastructure at marketplace heart.
- Shape how opportunities get filled as volume and complexity scale.
What they offer
- 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 office
- $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
- Free Equinox membership
- $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
- $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
- Health, Dental, Vision insurance
Ideal candidate
Backend-focused builder who thrives on high-throughput, business-critical systems and loves turning messy marketplace dynamics into simple, reliable abstractions.
Requirements
- Track record of building and operating reliable backend systems in production
- Strong judgment in system design, performance, reliability, and data modeling
- Comfort working on high-throughput APIs, distributed systems, and asynchronous workflows
- Ability to translate product and marketplace requirements into clean technical systems
- High engineering standards and a bias toward simple, durable abstractions
- remote policy
- In-person five days a week
Lab profile
About Mercor
AI data company organizing human expertise to train frontier models for the AI economy.
What they build
- APEX benchmark family
- Mercor Enterprise
- Human expertise training data platform
Known for
- Massive domain-expert network
- Frontier model training infrastructure
- Real-world professional work evaluation
Key facts
- Millions of domain experts on platform
- Pays over $4M per day to experts