OSS Contributors (CTO/Founders) Job at Mercor, San Francisco, CA

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  • Mercor
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Mercor is seeking current or former CTOs or Founders with direct access and authority over their organization’s private codebase to partner on high-impact AI training and evaluation initiatives. You’ll be working with us and the AI company we engage to securely use your code to build realistic evals and, where permitted, train/improve coding models.

What you’ll do

  • Authorize & enable access : Verify you have the legal authority to grant a limited license for evaluation and (if agreed) training use; coordinate secure repository access (read-only, scoped).

  • Curate high-value datasets : Select representative modules/services, strip or mask secrets/PII, and define inclusion/exclusion rules.

  • Design realistic evaluations : Create task suites spanning your stack (e.g., refactors, bug-fixes, feature diffs, tests, performance work), grounded in your production code.

  • Develop test harnesses : Build/guide test cases and scoring that reflect real engineering constraints (builds, CI, style, coverage, perf).

  • Analyze outcomes : Review model behavior on your code, highlight failure modes, and propose improvements aligned to your architecture.

  • Ensure compliance & security : Partner with us on data handling (DPA/MSA/SOW), audit logs, redaction, secret scanning, and access revocation.

You’re a great fit if you

  • Are a CTO/founder (current or former) who controls or can authorize access to a substantial, production codebase (mono-repo or multi-service).

  • Can grant a time-boxed, purpose-limited license for evaluation and—if mutually agreed— training on selected code segments.

  • Have deep knowledge of your system’s architecture, tooling, and standards (Git, CI/CD, testing, observability).

  • Are fluent in one or more of: Python, Java, C/C++, JavaScript, TypeScript (others welcome).

  • Can collaborate asynchronously with researchers/engineers and move quickly with minimal oversight .

  • Are an active OSS contributor on Git

Role details

  • Engagement : Part-time, flexible, 100% remote/asynchronous .

  • Scope : Evaluation-only by default; training usage optional and controlled by written agreement (purpose-limited, revocable).

  • Security : Read-only, least-privilege access; optional on-prem/VPC workflows; comprehensive auditability.

Compensation & legal

  • You’ll be engaged as an hourly contractor via Mercor ; payments weekly via Stripe Connect .

  • For qualifying partners, we can structure separate, limited licenses (with fees) for evaluation and/or training use of selected code assets.

  • All work is governed by mutually executed MSA/SOW and data protection terms.

Job Tags

Remote job, Hourly pay, Part time, For contractors, Flexible hours,

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