Senior Software Engineer, Discovery

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Senior Software Engineer, Discovery in USA

Mercor
Full time
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USA
11/04/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Build agents that source, vet, and staff domain experts with minimal human input.
Develop pay and incentive models to hire and retain high-quality experts.
Create experiments and workflows that keep large projects operating smoothly.
Build agents that monitor and drive revenue goals.
Own major components of Mercor’s self-optimizing automation platform.

Requirements

5+ years of engineering experience.
Ability to thrive under ambiguity, take on outsized scope, and maintain a high quality bar.

Benefits

Bi-annual performance bonus structure.
Generous equity grant vested over four years.
Relocation, housing, meal, laundry, and personal wellness support.
Free Equinox membership.
Health, dental, and vision insurance.
In-person work five days per week in San Francisco, New York City, or London.

Salary: $250k - $500k/yr

Mercor

We find the best experts in every professional domain and put their knowledge to work training frontier models. Through APEX, we measure whether those models can actually perform economically valuable work. We're also bringing that expertise to enterprises: deploying custom AI agents, staffing te...

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