Job Description

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: Software Engineer, C — Codebase Q&A

Type: Contract

Compensation: $130 per approved task

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Select tasks from a pre-validated pool of C repositories , each with an engineering question and a golden solution.
• Explore the repository to understand the subsystem, including relevant PR or issue history.
• Rewrite task questions to challenge frontier coding agents while ensuring clarity and fairness.
• Adjust rubrics and foils to reward correct reasoning and reject incorrect answers.
• Run the full validation loop in Mercor Studio and iterate until every stage passes.
• Document work in the task README and address reviewer feedback on returned tasks.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience with substantial production C .
• Ability to navigate large, unfamiliar C codebases and explain runtime behavior.
• Comfort with preprocessor-heavy builds , platform conditionals, and manual memory management.
• Experience with databases, cryptography, networking protocols, or systems programming.
• Ability to use debuggers , sanitizers , tracing, and profilers .
• Precise written English for crafting questions and rubrics.

Working Details

• Fully remote and asynchronous work with team leads across US, India, and Nigeria.
• Work is performed in Mercor Studio ; time tracked with Insightful and access provisioned through Okta .
• Onboarding requires identity verification, a background check, signed Terms of Work and CIIAA, a tax form, and passing a short calibration quiz.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Submit your resume or relevant technical background to get started.
• Qualified applicants may be asked to complete a brief technical assessment or provide additional information.

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check:
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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