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Full-Stack Engineer - AI Systems

@ Mercor

Toronto, Ontario

$50–$80/hr3+ years experience
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Overview

Mercor is hiring a remote contract Full-Stack Software Engineer at $50 to $80 per hour to write product specifications, reference implementations and browser-based acceptance tests for AI systems. The work requires 3+ years of full-stack experience with auth, payments and file upload in production. Mercor connects technical talent with AI research labs.

Pay:

$50–$80 an hour

Responsibilities:

  • Write precise product specifications for application development and grading
  • Build complete reference implementations meeting all criteria
  • Author browser-driven acceptance criteria
  • Calibrate task difficulty using frontier models
  • Verify tasks fail cleanly against empty repositories

Requirements summary:

  • 3+ years of professional full-stack engineering experience
  • Fluency in one modern frontend framework and one backend runtime
  • Production experience with auth, permissions, payments and file upload
  • Ability to specify systems precisely in writing
  • Comfort with Docker, Git and command-line tooling

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Job details

SeniorityMid level
DepartmentSoftware development
Experience3+ years
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingHome
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish

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Mercor

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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

Full company description

Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

LinkedIn followers
654,507
People associated on LinkedIn
5,250
Reported office locations
  • San Francisco, California 94105, US
Business categories
  • Employment
  • Software
  • Recruiting
  • Data Collection and Labeling
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Machine Learning
Other recorded names
  • Mercor
Profile identifies a recruitment agency
Yes
Reported total investment
483,600,000

Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.

Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

FieldValue
IndustrySoftware Development
Company size51-200 employees
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded2023
Open jobs on Jobsy1,626
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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: Full-Stack Software Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $50–$80/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Write precise product specifications for application development and automatic grading.
  • Build complete reference implementations that meet all written criteria.
  • Author browser-driven acceptance criteria to verify user-visible behavior.
  • Calibrate task difficulty using frontier models to achieve target performance.
  • Verify tasks fail cleanly against empty repositories to ensure genuine feature development.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 3+ years of professional full-stack engineering experience.
  • Fluency in at least one modern frontend framework and one backend runtime.
  • Experience with auth, permissions, payment flows, and file upload in production.
  • Ability to specify systems precisely in writing.
  • Comfort with Docker, Git, and command-line tooling.

Preferred

  • Experience building evaluations, benchmarks, or test suites for AI systems.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
  • For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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