Principal Software Engineer

Job Description Job Description About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: Enterprise SWEs Type: Contract Compensation: $50–$70/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Develop and complete coding tasks in various enterprise languages .

Evaluate and improve systems and build toolchains using C and Rust . Enhance enterprise JVM and build ecosystems with C# , Kotlin , Scala , and Swift . Optimize production web and ops scripting with Ruby , PHP , and Perl .

Advance scientific and quant computing using R . Work independently and asynchronously to meet project deadlines. Qualifications Must-Have Strong professional experience in at least one listed domain.

Deep understanding of language internals, tooling, and real-world production constraints. Ability to reason about edge cases, performance, and system design trade-offs. Detail-oriented with strong written feedback skills.

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