engineering
Posted Mar 12Software Engineer, Automation
at Mercor
San Francisco, United StatesOn-site
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Python$15,000
Responsibilities
- - Design and implement evaluation frameworks to measure agent decision quality and drive continuous improvement through feedback loops.
- - Develop action queues and playbook orchestration systems that allow agents to execute multi-step workflows with conditional logic.
- - Collaborate directly with operators to identify high-leverage automation opportunities and translate them into robust agent behaviors.
Requirements
- ABOUT MERCOR Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy.
- 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 can't be captured in code alone.
- Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement.
- You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society.
- What We’re Looking For - Strong backend engineering fundamentals in Python (or equivalent modern language). -
- Experience building with LLM APIs — including tool use, structured outputs, and multi-step reasoning workflows. - Comfort designing evaluation frameworks and thinking rigorously about agent failure modes. - Ability to ship quickly and iterate on systems that interact with the real world. - Understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and production infrastructure. - Full-stack
- Why Mercor - Impact: Your work powers how the world’s leading AI labs train and test their models. - Learning: Get early insights into frontier model capabilities months before the market. - Growth: Work on both infrastructure and research-adjacent projects with fast paths to ownership.
Benefits
- Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.
- Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion.
- 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