Senior Software Developer

Mercor • toronto, on • Posted June 01, 2026

Position Overview

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:

Software Engineer Type:

Contract Compensation:

$100/hour Location:

Remote Duration:

1 month Commitment:

20 hours/week Role Responsibilities Develop and maintain complex, production-grade

Python

systems for real-world environments. Design modular, testable codebases using modern

Python

tooling and best practices like

FastAPI

and

Pydantic . Optimize

Python

performance through profiling and memory optimization techniques. Collaborate asynchronously with AI research teams to improve model training and evaluation. Work independently to meet dead...