The Software Engineering roles open on Mercor today. For the same field across every platform, see all Software Engineering jobs.
Pay figures cover the 34 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
Participants work on their own real projects using an AI coding assistant in a terminal while each session is recorded for an AI research organization. The role suits both experienced developers and non-coders who build with AI tools.
Posted October 7, 2026
This full-time role involves building, running and improving highly available cloud infrastructure, mainly on AWS and Kubernetes, for complex enterprise production systems. It suits experienced infrastructure, SRE, DevOps or platform engineers who can debug incidents, build observability with tools like Datadog, and work closely with software teams.
Posted October 7, 2026
This is a paid evaluation role for database engineers who will design realistic tasks that test how well AI agents handle database work. Each task is a self-contained problem with a reproducible environment, a working reference solution, tests, and grading criteria that separate robust engineering from code that only looks correct. It is aimed at experts with deep database-engine internals experience, not at DBA, SQL analytics, or ETL-only profiles.
Posted October 6, 2026
Evaluation of AI model outputs against correctness, maintainability, security, and production readiness criteria, accessible to early-to-mid career professionals.
Advanced evaluation of AI model reasoning on complex systems: design of expert engineering solutions, evaluation rubrics, reference implementations.
Evaluation and comparison of AI model solutions on realistic software engineering tasks: debugging, cross-repository logic tracing, feature implementation, code review, architecture decisions.
Deep expertise in network engineering, legacy/enterprise systems and advanced programming languages (CUDA, C++, Rust, MLOps, COBOL, ABAP, Scala, Kotlin, OCaml).
Mercor is recruiting experienced software and firmware engineers to support an AI research initiative with a major technology organization. The job involves evaluating and improving complex engineering solutions involving embedded systems, firmware, FPGA/RTL designs, flight software and hardware test workflows, drawing on hands-on experience with physical products and real-world debugging.
Posted September 26, 2026
Mercor is recruiting operational cybersecurity experts to participate in video research interviews designed to create a benchmark of AI agents in enterprise defense. This short, well-paid job involves sharing your practical experience on tools, decision-making processes, and the potential impact of AI in your field.
Posted September 23, 2026
You will evaluate AI-generated content (presentations, spreadsheets, documents) in the software engineering domain, assessing their quality and applicability in professional contexts. Your technical expertise and deep knowledge of software development will enable you to identify factual, aesthetic, and presentation errors to provide structured and reliable feedback. This role suits an experienced software engineer capable of critically reviewing AI-generated work with rigor.
Posted September 21, 2026
Mercor is looking for experienced software engineers to evaluate and rate code generated by AI models. You will be asked to write engineering problem statements, examine AI solutions for production robustness, and identify hidden defects. This role is aimed at developers with solid industrial experience and excellent ability to document their technical analysis.
Posted September 15, 2026
You participate in Android application testing using Android Studio on macOS. You must own a Mac with Android Studio already installed and be able to provide high-resolution screenshots of your development environment.
Posted September 13, 2026
This role consists of evaluating specialized applications as an expert user of Linux Ubuntu 24.04. You must have practical and real-world experience with this operating system and be able to provide detailed feedback via high-resolution screenshots. The sought profile includes system administrators, DevOps developers, and open-source contributors.
Posted September 13, 2026
This role consists of evaluating the user experience of PyCharm, the integrated Python development environment, on macOS. You will need to have the software already installed on your own Mac and be able to take high-resolution screenshots to document your use of the application.
Posted September 13, 2026
This role involves evaluating and testing the Quartus II application for FPGA design and digital hardware on Windows. You will need to document your hands-on experience with this tool by capturing high-resolution screenshots of your interactions with the software.
Posted September 13, 2026
This job involves evaluating the user experience of a popular code editor on macOS. You will use your own Mac equipped with the required software and capture high-quality visual data to document your interactions with the application.
Posted September 13, 2026
This role involves testing and documenting the practical use of VMware Fusion on macOS as a specialized application. You will need to capture detailed screenshots of your interactions with the software in a real macOS environment that you already own. This profile is aimed at developers, system administrators, or DevOps engineers with concrete experience in virtualization.
Posted September 13, 2026
You will evaluate the quality and correctness of AI-assisted software development traces used to train and assess models at a leading AI laboratory. You must judge the accuracy of coding sessions, the consistency of workflows, and the quality of reasoning, then provide structured written feedback according to an evaluation grid.
Posted August 28, 2026
You will assess the quality and architectural robustness of serverless AWS tasks and infrastructure-as-code designed for AI model training. Your role consists of analyzing multi-service designs, verifying the fidelity of infrastructure code, and providing detailed feedback based on evaluation grids. This profile is aimed at cloud engineers with solid practical experience in AWS serverless services.
Posted August 28, 2026
This job involves evaluating the quality and compliance of Kubernetes scenarios for AI model training. You will analyze manifests, diagnose cluster failures, and provide structured feedback according to an evaluation grid, as a DevOps expert or platform engineer.
Posted August 28, 2026
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36 Mercor Software Engineering jobs are open on SideHustler today. 3 were posted in the last 7 days. Listings are rechecked against the official postings: the latest check on this list was on October 8, 2026.
Among the 34 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $50 to $250 per hour, with a median of $95. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are Code Quality & Review, AI Evaluation, System Design, DevOps & Infrastructure, ML Infrastructure. Each listing states its own requirements.
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