Software Engineer, Platform
Mercor · San Francisco
CHECKED 46M AGO
Applied AIonsite$160k–$500k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build backend infrastructure for expert contracts, payouts, and fraud workflows.
- Design just-in-time access systems securing expert work across the platform.
- Expand platform capabilities supporting higher-quality frontier AI models.
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 our 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
Generalist backend engineer with high ownership who thrives in ambiguity and cares about building secure, reliable foundational systems that enable large-scale operations.
Requirements
- 2+ years experience building production systems at scale
- Experience with identity, access control, or enterprise access management systems is a strong plus
- Ability to work across ambiguous requirements and deliver practical, reliable systems quickly
- High ownership mindset and willingness to work on foundational problems that support many parts of the business
- 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