Software Engineer - Backend Specialist

San Francisco, CA

$40 to $50 a hour

About the job

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 Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $40–$50/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Build MCP servers in Python using FastMCP . Integrate web or desktop applications into RL Studio . Work with APIs , Docker , Linux environments , and service configuration. Implement populate/snapshot hooks for app state management. Test apps locally and debug build, runtime, and permission issues. Ensure apps meet platform validation...