# Payments Engineer at Mercor

- Company: Mercor
- What the company does: Mercor is organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy. We are powering frontier research, AI benchmarks, and AI agent training at scale for the top AI labs and enterprises. Backed by General Catalyst and Menlo.
- Company website: https://mercor.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $500K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mercor/3c02ed8c-3807-4aef-91cc-ccca5ab578bd
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mercor-payments-engineer/

## About the role

This role exists to help build the financial backbone that supports the next 1000x. We are looking for a senior engineer to help harden and scale Mercor’s payments platform.

## What they're looking for

- We are seeking engineers who embody an operational mindset and system-level thinking, prioritizing reliability, correctness, and automation
- Experience & Domain Expertise: 6+ years in building scalable backend systems, with a strong preference for experience in high-stakes domains such as payments, fintech, billing, or financial infrastructure
- Backend Expertise: 3+ years of industry experience in backend/platform engineering (or equivalent), including ownership of production systems
- Payment Infrastructure Expertise: Demonstrated ability to integrate with and manage third-party payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, Adyen) and/or direct banking APIs
- Compliance and Security: Understanding of financial regulations, including adherence to PCI-DSS, and the secure handling and encryption of sensitive banking and customer data
- Technical Proficiency: 3+ years of professional experience building around:

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