This is a Senior Software Engineer role with Mercor based in Sydney, NSW, Australia
== Mercor ==

Role Seniority - senior

More about the Senior Software Engineer role at Mercor

Mercor is hiring Senior Software Engineers to work on a project with a leading AI research lab. You'll apply your open-source engineering experience to real software engineering work.

You're a good fit if you:

- Work as a Senior, Staff or Principal Software Engineer (or equivalent senior individual contributor)

- Actively contribute to open-source projects, with merged pull requests or commits in the last 6 months

- Maintain or contribute to projects with real adoption, such as 100+ GitHub stars or clear package usage

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

- You will be engaged as an independent contractor.

- This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.

- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.





- Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.

- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.

- Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

Before we jump into the responsibilities of the role. No matter what you come in knowing, you’ll be learning recent things all the time and the Mercor team will be there to support your growth.

Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined

Key Responsibilities

- ‍ Working as a Senior Software Engineer
- Actively contributing to open-source projects
- Maintaining projects with real adoption

Key Strengths

- Open-source engineering experience
- Software engineering expertise
- ⭐ GitHub project contributions

Why Mercor is partnering with Hatch on this role. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career that’s right for them. So when you apply you have the chance to show more than just your resume.

A Final Note: This is a role with Mercor not with Hatch.

📌 Senior Software Engineer (Australia)
🏢 Mercor
📍 Australia