Software Engineer Intern

1 week ago

San Francisco, California, United States Mercor Full time $130,000 - $160,000 per year
About Mercor

Mercor is at the intersection of labor markets and AI research. We partner with leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human intelligence essential to AI development.

Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone. Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $1.5 million a day.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You'll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society.

Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our new San Francisco headquarters.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer Intern at Mercor, you'll join a small, product-driven engineering team building modern backend systems that power critical workflows for some of the most advanced AI companies in the world. You'll own projects end-to-end, designing, building, and shipping production systems that directly impact customers. From day one you'll write production-grade code, reason about systems holistically, and make decisions that tie directly to business outcomes. You'll work closely with product and design, moving fast while upholding a high bar for code quality, scalability, and simplicity.

At the end of the process, you'll be team-matched to where you can have the most impact, on one of the following:

  • Talent platform side – building next-generation tools that automate recruiting end-to-end, intelligently match candidates to roles, and power global hiring with seamless contracts and payments.

  • Applied AI/human data side – partnering with top AI researchers from the AI labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to create post training datasets to improve foundational model capabilities.

What We're Looking For

  • Pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field (graduating 2025–2027).

  • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or JavaScript.

  • Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems

  • Familiarity with APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms

  • Curiosity and passion for AI and startups

  • Excited to work in person and thrive in a fast-paced environment

Why Mercor

Impact: Your work powers how AI labs train and deploy their models

Learning: Get early exposure to frontier AI research and engineering

Growth: Work with a high-velocity team where interns ship to production

Benefits

  • Competitive internship stipend.

  • Mentorship from experienced engineers.

  • Work on real, high-impact projects.

  • $1K monthly stipend for meals

  • Free Equinox membership

  • Team events and offsites.

  • Potential full-time return offer.

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