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# Backend Developer - Fully Remote

- **Company:** Mercor, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,800.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Distributed Systems, Backend, Api Design, Microservices
- **Published:** June 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us89321fad1c7d30ec5a1119c1ac832c45

## About the Role

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.

## 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.


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