Mercor
Software Engineer, Automation
$160K–$500K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Mar 12, 2026
About the job
Build production autonomous agents and infrastructure that automate Mercor’s internal operations and operational workflows for its clients.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain MCP servers and systems for agent actions and communications.
- Develop agent evaluation frameworks, action queues, and playbook orchestration.
- Instrument, debug, and harden production agent systems; work with operators to turn workflows into reliable automation.
What they ask for
- Strong backend engineering fundamentals in Python or an equivalent modern language.
- Experience building with LLM APIs, including tool use, structured outputs, and multi-step reasoning workflows.
- Comfort designing evaluation frameworks and analyzing agent failure modes.
- Understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and production infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Full-stack experience.
Pay
$160K – $500K (base salary)
Tools
Python, MCP servers, LLM APIs
AI focus
Build and evaluate production agents that execute real operational actions and multi-step workflows.
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