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Mercor

Backend Engineer, Marketplace

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27 days ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAMid Level / Senior

Base Salary

$130k - $500k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build backend services for candidate-job matching and marketplace workflows.
  • Develop APIs and internal systems for search, eligibility, scoring, and allocation.
  • Create data models and system abstractions for a dynamic labor marketplace.
  • Design infrastructure for real-time and asynchronous decision-making.
  • Maintain operational systems that ensure reliable and observable workflows.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in building and operating reliable backend systems in production.
  • Strong judgment in system design, performance, and data modeling.
  • Comfort with high-throughput APIs and distributed systems.
  • Ability to translate product requirements into technical systems.
  • High engineering standards with a focus on simple, durable abstractions.

Benefits

  • Generous equity grant vested over 4 years.
  • $10K housing bonus for living within 0.5 miles of the office.
  • $1.5K monthly stipend for meals.
  • Free Equinox membership.
  • Health insurance.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaElasticsearchGoKubernetesPostgreSQLPythonRedisTerraform

Categories

AI & MLBackendData Engineering