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 Details

Position:

Software Engineer

Type:

Contract

Compensation:

$100 per hour

Location:

Remote

Duration:

1 month

Commitment:

20 hours per week

Role Responsibilities

Develop and maintain complex, production‑grade Python systems for real‑world environments.

Design modular, testable codebases using modern Python tooling and best practices such as FastAPI and Pydantic.

Optimize Python performance through profiling and memory‑optimization techniques.

Collaborate asynchronously with AI research teams to improve model training and evaluation.

Work independently to meet deadlines ...