Mercor pay rates for software engineers

Based on 52 live Mercor listings in Software & Data with published hourly pay (data as of October 16, 2026): rates range from $20 to $250/hr, median starting rate $70/hr. Figures are copied from each original posting; rates often depend on experience and location.

RolePayLocation
Machine Learning Engineer Talent Network$70–$250/hrRemote
Infrastructure / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)$200/hrRemote
Legacy Codebase Migration Expert$200/hrRemote
Software Engineering Expert$70–$150/hrRemote
Data Scientist Talent Network$100–$150/hrRemote
Frontend Engineer Talent Network$70–$150/hrRemote
DevOps / Platform Engineer Talent Network$70–$150/hrRemote
Backend Engineer Talent Network$70–$150/hrRemote
Full-Stack Engineer Talent Network$70–$150/hrRemote
Engineering Expert$60–$125/hrRemote
Mechanical Engineering Expert$70–$125/hrRemote
Electrical Engineer$80–$120/hrUnited States
Systems & Integration Engineering Experts$100–$120/hrRemote
Software & Firmware Engineering Experts$100–$120/hrRemote
Mechanical Engineering Experts$100–$120/hrRemote
Electrical & Hardware Engineering Experts$100–$120/hrRemote
MLOps Engineer, LLM Systems (Serving, GPU Kernels, Profiling)$90–$120/hrCanada, UK, US
Electrical Engineering Expert$70–$120/hrRemote
Machine Learning Expert$70–$120/hrRemote
Applied Engineer, Evaluations Role$100–$120/hrRemote
Lean Engineer, Formal Mathematics (Lean 4, Mathlib, Theorem Proving)$90–$110/hrRemote
Cloud / DevOps Engineer (Infra & IaC)$75–$110/hrUnited States (Remote)
Software Engineer (AI-Native Platform & Integrations)$70–$110/hrRemote
Engineering & Software Domain Expert$65–$105/hrBay Area, CA
Radio Frequency and Electromagnetic Engineering Expert$80–$95/hrRemote

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All Mercor Software & Data roles

Electrical Engineer $80–$120/hr
MercorSoftware & DataUnited States · full-time · posted 2026-10-15
Program Lead $45–$70/hr
MercorSoftware & DataUnited States · full-time · posted 2026-10-13
Mechanical Engineer $60–$90/hr
MercorSoftware & DataUnited States · full-time · posted 2026-09-16
Engineering Expert $60–$125/hr
MercorSoftware & DataRemote · part-time · posted 2026-09-15
Expert Interviewer $50–$60/hr
MercorSoftware & DataUS Remote · part-time · posted 2026-08-25
GPU Kernel Expert $70–$90/hr
MercorSoftware & DataRemote — United States · hourly · posted 2026-08-25
Agent Engineer $100–$500/per-task
MercorSoftware & DataRemote · task-based · posted 2026-08-12
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