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Mercor lists this Infrastructure Software Engineer opportunity in san francisco, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Infrastructure EngineerAs an Infrastructure Engineer at Mercor, you'll build and scale the systems that power our rapid growth. You'll ensure our infrastructure is highly available, cost-effective, and able to handle explosive traffic and compute demands. You'll work closely with engineers across product, research, and operations to design scalable architectures, streamline deployments, and improve observability.We're hiring broadly across Infrastructure: Developer Productivity Engineer and Database Engineer and Platform Engineer. Candidates will be team-matched after the first screen, so we encourage you to apply even if your experience is stronger in one area than another.What You'll Work OnDesigning and maintaining core infrastructure across cloud environments.Building Infrastructure-as-Code workflows to automate deployments and scaling.Improving monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to maintain reliability.Managing CI/CD pipelines (Github, Spacelift) to ensure seamless deployments.Supporting disaster recovery planning and ensuring high availability of systems.Partnering with product and research teams to design architectures that scale with workload demands.Identifying and fixing performance bottlenecks in compute, storage, and networking.What We're Looking ForStrong experience with cloud platforms (AWS).Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform).Deep experience with containers and orchestration (Docker).Solid understanding of distributed architectures.Programming languages (Python, Go).Proven ability to ship reliable infrastructure in production environments.Growth mindset and eagerness to thrive in a hyper-growth, high-ownership environment.Why MercorImpact: 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.BenefitsBi-annual performance bonus structureGenerous equity grant vested over 4 yearsUp to $15k Relocation bonus$10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)$1.5K monthly stipend for mealsFree Equinox membership$200 monthly laundry reimbursement$200 monthly personal wellness reimbursementHealth, Dental, Vision insurance