Mercor
Research Operations, Code
$130K–$250K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- Experience
- At least two years in software development or a forward deployed engineering role.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a STEM field, or an equivalent technical discipline.
About the job
Own end-to-end coding data programs, designing and scaling data workflows that strengthen frontier coding models and delivering them to customers.
What you'll do
- Identify data opportunities for frontier coding models and translate them into data programs.
- Design and scale human-expert, synthetic-generation, and model-in-the-loop data workflows.
- Manage customer delivery and build trusted relationships with lab researchers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a STEM field, or an equivalent technical discipline.
- At least two years of experience in software development or a forward deployed engineering role.
- Track record running complex, high-stakes projects end to end.
- Strong analytical and communication skills; able to own relationships with technical customers.
Nice to have
- Experience designing scalable data or automation pipelines.
- Research fluency connecting model or benchmark literature to useful data; benchmark creation or published analysis of model behavior.
Pay
$130K – $250K USD base salary
AI focus
Design and operate data programs, including expert workflows, synthetic data generation, and model-in-the-loop systems, to improve frontier coding models.
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