Principal Software Engineer
$50 - $70 per hourFull-time
Mercor
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .
Position: Enterprise SWEs
Type: Contract
Compensation: $50–$70/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Develop and complete coding tasks in various enterprise languages .
- Evaluate and improve systems and build toolchains using C and Rust .
- Enhance enterprise JVM and build ecosystems with C# , Kotlin , Scala , and Swift .
- Optimize production web and ops scripting with Ruby , PHP , and Perl .
- Advance scientific and quant computing using R .
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet project deadlines.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Strong professional experience in at least one listed domain.
- Deep understanding of language internals, tooling, and real-world production constraints.
- Ability to reason about edge cases, performance, and system design trade-offs.
- Detail-oriented with strong written feedback skills.
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