Go Engineer - Codebase Expert

About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: Software Engineer, Go — Codebase Q&A Type: Contract Compensation: $130/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities • Select tasks from a pre-validated pool of Go repositories, each pinned to a specific git commit and arriving with an engineering question, positive and negative rubrics, foils, and a golden solution. • Explore the repository until you genuinely understand the subsystem in question, including the relevant PR or issue history. • Rewrite the task's question to challenge frontier coding agents while ensuring it remains well-defined and fairly answerable. • Adjust rubrics and foils to reward correct reasoning and reject plausible-but-wrong answers. • Run the full validation loop in Studio — Check, Golden, Run, Analyze — and iterate until every stage passes. • Document your work in the task README and submit for expert review, addressing reviewer feedback on returned tasks. Qualifications Must-Have • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience with substantial production Go . • Ability to navigate a large, unfamiliar Go codebase and explain runtime behavior. • Fluency in Go concurrency, interfaces, module boundaries, and the standard library. • Precise written English for crafting questions and rubrics. • Comfortable with git at commit level, containerized environments, and command-line tooling. Preferred • Experience with distributed systems, networking, storage engines, or Kubernetes -ecosystem tooling. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) • Submit your resume or relevant technical background to get started. • Qualified applicants may be asked to complete a brief technical assessment or provide additional information. Resources & Support • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: • For any help or support, reach out to: PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. Originally posted on Himalayas