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# Software Engineer - AI Trainer

- **Company:** Mercor, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $145,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Perl (Programming Language), Ruby
- **Published:** May 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=131f4e9d36156b76

## About the Role

Must-Have

 * Strong professional experience in at least one listed domain.
 * Deep understanding of language internals, tooling, and real-world production constraints.
 * Ability to reason about edge cases, performance, and system design trade-offs.
 * Detail-oriented with strong written feedback skills.

## Description

* Evaluate and improve systems and build toolchains using C and Rust.
 * Enhance enterprise JVM and build ecosystems with C#, Kotlin, Scala, and Swift.
 * Optimize production web and ops scripting with Ruby, PHP, and Perl.
 * Advance scientific and quant computing using R.
 * Work independently and asynchronously to meet project deadlines.


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