Mercor29 days ago

Backend-разработчик (Member of Technical Staff)

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Responsibilities

  • 01Own the architecture of Mercor's shared backend systems—core services, data models, APIs, and cross-product infrastructure
  • 02Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for backend architecture across the organization
  • 03Design systems for scale, reliability, and evolvability, and lead the highest-stakes technical decisions and design reviews
  • 04Identify and pay down architectural debt that slows product teams, and lead complex cross-team migrations
  • 05Establish backend engineering standards, patterns, and best practices adopted across all product teams
  • 06Stay hands-on: prototype critical systems, ship production code, and unblock teams on their hardest technical problems
  • 07Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar across the engineering organization
  • 08Partner with engineering and product leadership on build-vs-buy decisions, platform investments, and technical hiring

Requirements

  • 018+ years of professional backend engineering experience, including 3+ years operating at a Senior level or above
  • 02Deep expertise in distributed systems, service architecture, data modeling, and API design at scale
  • 03A track record of owning architecture across multiple teams or an entire organization—and of decisions that aged well
  • 04Experience leading large, complex technical migrations in production without stopping the business
  • 05Strong opinions, loosely held: you drive alignment through technical judgment and clear writing, not authority
  • 06Fluent in using modern AI development tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar) to improve engineering productivity
  • 07Experience mentoring senior engineers and raising the technical bar across an organization
  • 08Excellent communication skills—able to make complex tradeoffs legible to both engineers and leadership
  • 09High ownership, pragmatism, and a bias toward shipping

What we offer

  • 01Work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices
  • 02Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
  • 03A $20K relocation bonus (if moving to the Bay Area)
  • 04A $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
  • 05A $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
  • 06Free Equinox membership
  • 07Health insurance