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# Senior Software Engineer - Open Source - AI Trainer

- **Company:** Mercor, Inc.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $249,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Training Data, Artificial Intelligence, Github, Machine Learning, Open Source Technology
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/use88c83c5294afcf0577656933ecc1352

## About the Role

* Senior, Staff, or Principal Software Engineer experience.
 * Active contribution to open-source projects with recent commits.
 * Maintenance or contribution to projects with 100+ GitHub stars or clear package usage.

## Description

* Contribute to AI model training, evaluation, and improvement.
 * Collaborate with AI research teams to enhance model outputs and training data quality.
 * Work independently and asynchronously to meet project deadlines.
 * Leverage technical skills and tools to drive impactful solutions.