Research Operations, Code

Job summary

Responsibilities

In the Research Operations role at Mercor, you will work at the intersection of engineering and applied AI research. This role will own multi-million-dollar data programs end to end with responsibilities to:

• Reason about opportunities for frontier coding models, and translate that into the data that will make it stronger.
• Shape how data gets produced, including human-expert workflows, synthetic generation pipelines, and model-in-the-loop systems.
• Turn designs into scaled, high-quality data pipelines and own deliveries to customers.
• Build deep relationships with lab researchers and become the person they trust to tell them what data they actually need.

What they're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a STEM field, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• At least two years of experience in software development or a forward deployed engineering role.
• A track record of running complex, high-stakes projects end to end, and genuine energy for large-scale execution and gritty process optimization under pressure.
• Strong analytical and communication skills; comfortable owning high-profile relationships with technical customers.