# Software Engineer, Discovery 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 $225K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-03
- Apply by: 2026-12-18
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mercor/5ece408b-0741-4917-a3f7-27d5acb25d57?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mercor-software-engineer-discovery/

## About the role

Project leads at Mercor run and scale distinct data production businesses, each hiring and upskilling thousands of experts, while managing throughput and quality. We're building a self-optimizing automation platform that lets one person run a business of tens-hundreds of millions in revenue. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- We want engineers who thrive under ambiguity, seek out outsized scope and fight for high quality

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mercor-software-engineer-discovery/