Backend Developer - Fully Remote

Mercor, Inc.
New York, NY, United States
about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$176,800.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Artificial Intelligence Databases Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements) Distributed Systems Backend Api Design Microservices

Job description

  • Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex engineering tasks.
  • Review model-generated code for correctness, quality, maintainability, and performance.
  • Identify bugs, edge cases, and failure modes in model outputs.
  • Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic backend engineering scenarios.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance., PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Requirements

Must-Have

  • 2+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
  • Experience building APIs, distributed systems, microservices, backend platforms, or databases.
  • Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
  • Ability to evaluate model-generated code and identify bugs, edge cases, and architectural tradeoffs.

Preferred

  • Experience working on large-scale production systems.

Benefits & conditions

  • $400 per accepted task.
  • Typical tasks take approximately 1-3 hours after ramp-up.
  • No fixed task limits.
  • Compensation is tied to accepted work.

About the company

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