Job description
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Backend Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
Type:Contract
Compensation:$85/hour
Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks.
Review model-generated code for correctness, quality, maintainability, and performance.
Identify bugs, edge cases, and failure modes in model outputs.
Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic backend engineering scenarios.
Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.
Qualifications
Must-Have
2+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
Experience building APIs, distributed systems, microservices, backend platforms, or databases.
Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
Ability to evaluate model-generated code and identify bugs, edge cases, and architectural tradeoffs.
Preferred
Experience working on large-scale production systems.
Compensation & Legal
$400 per accepted task.
Typical tasks take approximately 1–3 hours after ramp-up.
No fixed task limits.
Compensation is tied to accepted work.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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Originally posted on Himalayas
Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.