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Mercor

We use AI to understand human ability and match talent with the opportunities they're best suited for.
United States
$90 - $200 / hour
Backend
Remote
51-200 Employees
3+ years of experience

Job Description

Mercor is a San Francisco-based company that connects elite professionals with leading AI initiatives, backed by investors like Benchmark and General Catalyst. They are hiring experienced Go Engineers to support high-impact research collaborations with leading AI labs. As a Backend Software Engineer, you will help improve AI systems by extending coding benchmarks that reflect real-world development across diverse languages and domains. Key responsibilities include developing and validating coding benchmarks in Go, ensuring tasks include comprehensive testing, maintaining benchmark consistency, providing feedback on solution quality, and debugging/documenting benchmark code.

This is a remote, part-time (15-20 hours/week) contract role with flexible working hours and daily payment via Stripe Connect. The compensation is $90 per hour plus a lucrative bonus per approved task, with a median average pay inclusive of bonuses being $200/hr. It's a unique opportunity to apply your engineering expertise toward shaping the next generation of intelligent systems. If you are passionate about AI and have strong Go proficiency, apply today to help build the future of AI-driven systems!


Responsibilities

  • Develop and validate coding benchmarks in Go by curating issues, solutions, and test suites from real-world repositories
  • Ensure benchmark tasks include comprehensive unit and integration tests for solution verification
  • Maintain consistency and scalability of benchmark task distribution
  • Provide structured feedback on solution quality and clarity
  • Debug, optimize, and document benchmark code for reliability and reproducibility

Requirements

Go
  • 3–10 years of experience as a backend software engineer, ML engineer, or applied data scientist
  • Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Strong proficiency in Go
  • Experience with debugging, testing, and validating code
  • Comfortable with technical writing and attention to detail

Visa Policy

Mercor isn't offering any visa sponsorship support at this time.