Software Engineer, Platform Job at Mercor, San Francisco, CA

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  • Mercor
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

About Mercor

Mercor is defining the future of work. We partner with leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human intelligence essential to AI development. Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge experience and context that cant be captured in code alone. Today more than 30000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious fast-paced and deeply committed team. Youll work alongside researchers operators and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco NYC or London offices.

About Mercor

Mercor is defining the future of work. We partner with leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human intelligence essential to AI development.

Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge experience and context that cant be captured in code alone. Today more than 30000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious fast-paced and deeply committed team. Youll work alongside researchers operators and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society.

Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our new San Francisco headquarters.

About the Role

As a Backend Engineer at Mercor you will build core platform systems that make our operations secure reliable and scalable. This role focuses on two critical areas: Contracts and Identity & Access.

  • Contracts: Build the backend infrastructure that enables flexible ways for our network of Experts to perform work and get paid. This work expands our product capabilities and supports the development of higher-quality foundational models.

  • Identity & Access: Design and maintain systems that provision and deprovision access just-in-time ensuring Experts can securely perform a wide range of tasks across the platform.

Youll work on foundational systems that sit at the heart of Mercors platform requiring strong ownership sound architectural judgment and a focus on security and reliability.

This role is a strong fit for a generalist backend engineer who enjoys building core systems end-to-end. Experience with identity systems or enterprise access management is a strong plus.

You will:

  • Develop robust infrastructure for platform operations including systems that support complex contract-related workflows payouts fraud and more.

  • Work closely with engineering leads and cross-functional partners to translate operational needs into reliable scalable backend services.

  • Improve security reliability and developer ergonomics across the systems that underpin Mercors platform.

  • Contribute to a fast-moving engineering organization where strong backend engineers may flex across teams and high-priority platform initiatives.

What Were Looking For

  • 4 years experience building 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.

Why Mercor

  • Impact: Your work will strengthen the core systems that power Mercors platform and enable secure scalable operations.

  • Breadth: Youll work on foundational backend problems with exposure to identity security internal tooling and platform infrastructure.

  • Growth: Youll join a fast-moving team with significant ownership and room to expand into increasingly critical technical challenges.

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

Required Experience:

IC

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Relocation package, Flexible hours

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