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Senior Software Engineer

Mercor Mercor ContractRemote $120/hr
Posted Oct 23, 2026 · ✓ Still open — checked 38 minutes ago

Quick facts

Pay
$120 / hour
Type
Contract
Location
Remote
Platform
Mercor — 292 open jobs
Typical pay at Mercor
$50–150/hour · median $85 (159 jobs on our site)
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Pay: $120/hour
Commitment: Hourly, ~40 h/week
Field: Software Engineering

Mercor is hiring Senior Software Engineers to work on a project with a leading AI research lab. You'll apply your open-source engineering experience to real software engineering work.

You're a good fit if you:

  • Work as a Senior, Staff or Principal Software Engineer (or equivalent senior individual contributor)
  • Actively contribute to open-source projects, with merged pull requests or commits in the last 6 months
  • Maintain or contribute to projects with real adoption, such as 100+ GitHub stars or clear package usage

Mercor is an AI-driven hiring marketplace that places professionals on contracts with leading AI labs. You apply once, complete a short AI interview, and are then matched to open projects.