Crossing Hurdles is a recruitment firm connecting experienced backend engineers with leading AI research labs to advance intelligent systems through coding benchmark development.
Organization: Mercor
Position: Backend Software Engineer (Go)
Type: Hourly Contract
Compensation: $200/hour median average pay (base $90/hour plus lucrative bonuses per approved task)
Location: Remote
Duration: 1 month
Commitment: Part-time, 10–40 hours/week, fully remote and asynchronous
Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided)
* Develop and validate coding benchmarks in Go by curating issues, solutions, and test suites from real-world repositories
* Ensure benchmark tasks include comprehensive unit and integration tests for solution verification
* Maintain consistency and scalability of benchmark task distribution
* Provide structured feedback on solution quality and clarity
* Debug, optimize, and document benchmark code for reliability and reproducibility
Ideal Qualifications
* Strong experience as a backend software engineer, machine learning engineer, or applied data scientist
* Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
* Strong proficiency in Go programming language
* Experience with debugging, testing, and validating code
* Comfortable with technical writing and attention to detail
Application process: (Takes 20 min)
* Upload resume
* AI interview based on your resume (15 min)
* Submit form