Senior Software Engineer | $150/hr Remote | Mercor
Posted 2 days ago by Crossing Hurdles
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Open Source Engineer role at Mercor involves contributing to significant open-source projects, managing Pull Requests, and collaborating with distributed teams to ensure code quality and maintainability. The position is remote and offers flexible hours, requiring a commitment of 10–40 hours per week. Candidates should have a strong background in software engineering and experience with open-source contributions. 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: Senior
Industry: IT
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