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Mercor

Software Engineer, Applied AI

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16 days ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level / Senior

Base Salary

$130k - $500k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Partner with frontier AI labs to understand data and evaluation needs.
  • Build and operate scalable data pipelines for post-training workflows.
  • Design systems for synthetic data generation and data quality.
  • Prototype new data types and evaluation frameworks.
  • Lead technical discussions with customers.

Requirements

  • Strong backend engineering fundamentals in a modern language (Python, Go, Rust, etc.).
  • Experience with model training and inference.
  • Strong grounding in statistical analysis and experimental design.
  • Familiarity with evaluation methods for large language models.
  • Comfort working through ambiguity and shipping iteratively.

Benefits

  • Bi-annual performance bonus structure.
  • Generous equity grant vested over 4 years.
  • Up to $15k relocation bonus.
  • $10K housing bonus if living within 0.5 miles of the office.
  • $1.5K monthly stipend for meals.
  • Free Equinox membership.
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement.
  • $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.

Tech Stack

Categories

AI & MLBackendData Engineering