Software Engineer, Python — Codebase Q&A (Remote Contract)

Job overview

The Software Engineer, Python — Codebase Q&A role is remote. Compensation is $130 per approved task. Mercor connects technical and creative talent with AI research labs and is headquartered in San Francisco. The engineer examines Python repositories and their history, refines engineering questions and evaluation materials, runs validation, and documents work for expert review. The work supports the creation and review of well-defined coding tasks that assess reasoning about real software systems.

What you'll do

• Select tasks from validated Python repositories pinned to specific Git commits
• investigate relevant subsystems and pull request or issue history
• rewrite engineering questions to be challenging but answerable
• adjust rubrics and foils to reward correct reasoning and reject incorrect answers
• run the Studio validation loop and iterate until stages pass
• document work in task READMEs and address reviewer feedback.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

software engineer

python

codebase q&a

remote

mercor

$130 per approved task

contract

git

code review

python repositories

task validation

technical writing

3+ years experience

ai research

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Contract work paid per approved task; requires 3+ years of professional software engineering experience with substantial production Python.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.