Senior Cloud Engineer | $150/hr Remote | Mercor

Senior Cloud Engineer | $150/hr Remote | Mercor

Posted 2 days ago by Crossing Hurdles

Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom

Summary: The role of Senior Open Source Engineer at Mercor involves contributing to significant open-source projects by managing Pull Requests and collaborating with distributed teams. The position is remote and offers flexible hours, requiring a strong background in software engineering and open-source contributions. The candidate will ensure the quality and maintainability of code while working independently. Training support will be provided to facilitate the onboarding process.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to well-known open-source repositories with production-quality code.
  • Author, review, and manage Pull Requests (PRs) in large and complex codebases.
  • Merge new features and fixes while maintaining code quality and project standards.
  • Collaborate with distributed engineering teams on open-source development workflows.
  • Ensure robustness, scalability, and maintainability of contributed code.

Key Skills:

  • Strong, demonstrated experience contributing to major open-source projects (e.g., GitHub).
  • Proven ability to author, review, and merge Pull Requests in large codebases.
  • Strong software engineering background with professional industry experience.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to start immediately and work independently in a remote environment.

Salary (Rate): £150.00/hr

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

At Crossing Hurdles, we work as a referral partner. We refer candidates to Mercor that collaborates with the world’s leading AI research labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models.

Organization: Mercor

Position: Senior Open Source Engineer

Referral Partner: Crossing Hurdles

Type: Hourly contract

Compensation: $150/hr (flexible, starting rate)

Location: Remote

Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided)

  • Contribute to well-known open-source repositories with production-quality code.
  • Author, review, and manage Pull Requests (PRs) in large and complex codebases.
  • Merge new features and fixes while maintaining code quality and project standards.
  • Collaborate with distributed engineering teams on open-source development workflows.
  • Ensure robustness, scalability, and maintainability of contributed code.

Requirements

  • Strong, demonstrated experience contributing to major open-source projects (e.g., GitHub).
  • Proven ability to author, review, and merge Pull Requests in large codebases.
  • Strong software engineering background with professional industry experience.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to start immediately and work independently in a remote environment.

Application process (Takes 20 min)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume (15 min)
  • Submit form