Exceptional Software Engineers (Coding Agent Experience)

Exceptional Software Engineers (Coding Agent Experience)

Mercor is seeking software engineers to support one of the world’s leading AI labs in building robust, high-performance systems that serve the needs of next-generation machine learning applications.

This role involves real-world engineering work—including environment configuration, database design, and the creation of scalable APIs and service layers that interface with advanced AI models.

You are good fit if you:

• Have experience using coding agents as part of your software engineering workflow.
• Have 3+ years of elite software engineering experience from top-tier technology startups, quantitative trading firms, hedge funds, or similarly demanding environments.
• Hold a Computer Science degree from a prestigious university.
• Have demonstrated success leading teams to build complex database schemas.
• Possess expert-level proficiency in API development, including creation, testing, and integration.
• Are highly skilled in SQL and database structuring.
• Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail and rigorous problem-solving skills.
• Excel in both written and verbal communication.

About the Role

• This project will be a high-impact 24-hour sprint that will start in the next 1-2 weeks
• This role would offer a task-based pay (top performers in the previous iteration made upwards of $1000 in the sprint)

Compensation and Legal Details

• You will be legally classified as an hourly contractor for Mercor
• We will pay you out at the end of each week via Stripe Connect