Open Source Developers

Mercor; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company based in Toronto is seeking open-source contributors and experienced engineers to review and maintain live repositories. Ideal candidates should have significant experience in software engineering and be comfortable with deep Git reasoning. This fully remote position offers flexible work and competitive compensation.

Benefits

Fully remote work

Flexible schedule

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience in open-source, backend, or DevOps roles.
• Demonstrated history of contributions on GitHub, GitLab, or other OSS platforms.
• Adept at debugging repository states and fixing broken histories without data loss.

Responsibilities

• Review, maintain, and troubleshoot live repositories.
• Turn open-source experience into valuable, high-impact data.

Skills

Open-source development

Git expertise

Debugging repository states

Code review

AI/LLM model evaluation

Job description

We’re looking for open-source contributors and experienced engineers who understand how to review, maintain, and troubleshoot live repositories.

Who You Are

• An open-source developer or maintainer who has contributed to or reviewed code in live repositories

• Comfortable reasoning about Git at a deep level

• Adept at debugging repository states and fixing broken histories without data loss

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience in open-source, backend, or DevOps roles

• Demonstrated history of contributions on GitHub, GitLab, or other OSS platforms

• (Bonus) Experience in code review or AI/LLM model evaluation

Why Join

• Turn your open-source experience into valuable, high-impact data

• Fully remote, flexible work, with competitive compensation