Software Engineer Intern

Software Engineer Intern

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 2026–2028).
• 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:

• Mentorship from experienced engineers.
• Work on real, high-impact projects.
• $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
• Free Equinox membership
• Team events and offsites.
• Potential full-time return offer.