Backend Developer - Fully Remote | Upto $85/hr

Mercor

Location: India
Job type: Full-time

Required skills

backend
CLI
microservices

About the role

Mercor

Website: mercor.com
Job details:
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: Backend Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)

Type: Contract

Compensation: $85/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

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.

Qualifications

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.

Compensation & Legal

$400 per accepted task
Compensation is tied to accepted work.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

Upload resume
AI interview based on your resume
Submit form

Resources & Support

For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
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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Backend Developer - Fully Remote | Upto $85/hr

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