Mercor
Product Engineer, Studio Platform
$160K–$500K
San Francisco +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical degree.
About the job
Own and improve Mercor’s Studio platform, building full-stack interfaces and backend systems for creating, reviewing, and delivering data to AI labs.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain React interfaces, backend APIs, and pipelines for data ingestion, quality review, and customer delivery.
- Establish frontend engineering practices and foundational platform capabilities for new data types, task formats, and customer configurations.
- Ship product features and translate ambiguous requirements into technical solutions with research, product, design, and operations teams.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience building and shipping production software.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical degree.
- Deep proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and Next.js; strong frontend architecture knowledge.
- Backend experience in Python and/or Node.js, including relational databases, REST APIs, and async task infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience building data labeling, annotation, or human-in-the-loop AI tooling.
- Background in design systems, developer-facing APIs, or internal platform engineering; exposure to AI tools, LLM-powered products, or real-time data and visualization.
Pay
$160K – $500K (USD, base salary); up to $15k (USD, relocation bonus); $10K (USD, proximity bonus); $1.5K monthly (USD, meals stipend)
Tools
JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, Node.js, REST APIs
AI focus
Build data workflows and platform capabilities that support AI model training, evaluation, and delivery to AI labs.
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