Full-Stack Engineer, Talent Experience

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bi-annual performance bonus

Equity grant

Relocation bonus

Proximity bonus

Meals stipend

Equinox membership

Laundry reimbursement

Wellness reimbursement

Health insurance

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a versatile Staff Engineer to join the talent experience team in shaping customer‑facing experiences across product surfaces used by AI experts and labs. You’ll ship production code quickly, influence technical decisions, and collaborate with product leaders across the organization.

You’ll thrive in a small, high‑velocity team, ramp quickly on new domains, and uphold a high standard for UX and performance while leveraging AI tools to accelerate development.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of professional software engineering experience building production web applications.
• Strong proficiency in modern frontend development (e.g. React, TypeScript) with genuine care for UI polish and user experience.
• Solid full‑stack capability—comfortable building and consuming backend APIs and working with production databases.
• Track record of shipping across multiple product areas or codebases; you ramp fast and thrive on variety.
• Comfortable building products using modern AI development tools to accelerate software development.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including testing, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Excellent product intuition—you enjoy building products that people actually use.
• Comfortable working in fast‑moving environments with evolving priorities.
• High ownership, curiosity, and a bias toward shipping.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship high‑quality full‑stack product features across multiple product areas.
• Build polished, intuitive user interfaces using modern frontend frameworks, with strong attention to UX detail.
• Own features end‑to‑end—from product discussions and technical design to implementation, testing, and release.
• Move between product areas as priorities evolve, ramping quickly on unfamiliar codebases and domains.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, AI, and Backend Engineering to deliver customer‑facing experiences.
• Build reusable components and contribute to shared frontend patterns and design systems.
• Leverage modern AI coding tools to accelerate development while maintaining a high engineering bar.
• Solve real customer problems and continuously improve expert and customer experience.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Full-stack

Frontend

Testing

Performance

UX polish

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Codex

Job description

Mercor is seeking a versatile Staff Engineer to join the talent experience team in shaping customer‑facing experiences across product surfaces used by AI experts and labs. You’ll ship production code quickly, influence technical decisions, and collaborate with product leaders across the organization.

You’ll thrive in a small, high‑velocity team, ramp quickly on new domains, and uphold a high standard for UX and performance while leveraging AI tools to accelerate development.