Software Engineer, Go

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Choose tasks from a curated selection of validated Go repositories linked to specific git commits.

• Investigate repositories along with their pertinent pull request or issue histories to gain insights into the target subsystem.

• Reformulate engineering inquiries to test frontier coding agents while ensuring they are clearly defined and answerable.

• Modify rubrics and foils to incentivize correct reasoning and eliminate plausible yet incorrect answers.

• Execute the complete validation process in Mercor Studio: Check, Golden, Run, and Analyze.

• Record activities in the task README.

• Submit tasks for expert evaluation and incorporate reviewer feedback.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 3 years of professional experience in software engineering.

• Significant experience in production Go development.

• Proficiency in navigating large, unfamiliar Go codebases and articulating runtime behavior.

• Strong understanding of Go concurrency, interfaces, module boundaries, and the standard library.

• Comfortable interpreting generated code and utilizing build tools.

• Experience with distributed systems, networking, storage engines, or Kubernetes-related tools is highly relevant.

• Excellent written English skills.

• Proficient with git at the commit level, containerized environments, and command-line tools.

• Completion of identity verification, background check, signed Terms of Work and CIIAA, tax form, and a brief calibration quiz is required before accessing tasks.

• Qualified candidates may be requested to complete a short technical assessment or provide additional information.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote and asynchronous work environment.

• Compensation of $130 for each approved task.

• Work conducted within Mercor Studio.

• Access to expert team leads across the US, India, and Nigeria time zones.

• Onboarding includes identity verification and background checks.

• Platform access managed through Okta.

• Reviewer feedback and expert evaluations for submitted tasks.

• Up to $250 referral bonus for each successful referral.