Software Engineer | $200/hr Remote | Mercor
Posted 1 day ago by Crossing Hurdles
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Backend Software Engineer at Mercor involves developing and validating coding benchmarks in Go, ensuring comprehensive testing and documentation. The position is part-time and fully remote, requiring a commitment of 10–40 hours per week. Candidates will work asynchronously and receive training support as needed. Compensation is competitive, with a median pay of $200 per hour, including bonuses for approved tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and validate coding benchmarks in Go by curating issues, solutions, and test suites from real-world repositories
- Ensure benchmark tasks include comprehensive unit and integration tests for solution verification
- Maintain consistency and scalability of benchmark task distribution
- Provide structured feedback on solution quality and clarity
- Debug, optimize, and document benchmark code for reliability and reproducibility
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as a backend software engineer, machine learning engineer, or applied data scientist
- Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Strong proficiency in Go programming language
- Experience with debugging, testing, and validating code
- Comfortable with technical writing and attention to detail
Salary (Rate): £200.00 hourly
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
At Crossing Hurdles, we work as a referral partner. We refer candidates to our partner that collaborates with world’s leading AI research labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models.
Organization: Mercor
Position: Backend Software Engineer (Go)
Referral Partner: Crossing Hurdles
Type: Hourly Contract
Compensation: $200/hour median average pay (base $90/hour plus lucrative bonuses per approved task)
Location: Remote
Duration: 1 month
Commitment: Part-time, 10–40 hours/week, fully remote and asynchronous
Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided)
- Develop and validate coding benchmarks in Go by curating issues, solutions, and test suites from real-world repositories
- Ensure benchmark tasks include comprehensive unit and integration tests for solution verification
- Maintain consistency and scalability of benchmark task distribution
- Provide structured feedback on solution quality and clarity
- Debug, optimize, and document benchmark code for reliability and reproducibility
Ideal Qualifications
- Strong experience as a backend software engineer, machine learning engineer, or applied data scientist
- Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Strong proficiency in Go programming language
- Experience with debugging, testing, and validating code
- Comfortable with technical writing and attention to detail
Application process: (Takes 20 min)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume (15 min)
- Submit form