# Software Engineer, Applied AI at Mercor

- Company: Mercor
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: New York City
- Level: Mid-level
- Discipline: AI & ML
- Employment: Full-time
- Salary: $160K–500K
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Skills: Engineering, Applied AI
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mercor/4bb1232c-3f1e-4fd7-8894-fcd68f96e3db

## Description

ABOUT MERCOR



Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.

 

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 San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.




ABOUT THE ROLE



As a Software Engineer on Applied AI, you’ll build, deploy, and operate systems that sit directly between frontier AI research and data delivery.

This is a high-ownership, deeply technical role. You’ll work through ill-defined problems, prototype quickly with researchers and customers, and take systems from early experiments to reliable, scalable production. You’ll own projects end-to-end: spanning requirements gathering, creating data creation pipelines, and improving model-adjacent infrastructure, while partnering closely with frontier AI labs and Mercor’s int

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