Sales Engineer at Mercor

Sales Engineer
Hourly Contract | Remote | $65-$85/hr

About Mercor
Mercor connects top-tier creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Based in San Francisco, CA, our backers include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. Join us to help shape the next generation of intelligent systems.

Role Overview
We are hiring a Sales Engineer to help design, review, and validate prompt-based questions for training AI systems. This role blends your technical sales experience with cutting-edge AI development. You’ll craft realistic prompts that reflect real-world sales engineering workflows—spanning solution design, customer engagement, and technical product support.

Whether your experience lies in SaaS, enterprise software, hardware, or manufacturing, this is a chance to apply your industry knowledge to build more capable AI.

Key Responsibilities

• Write, review, and refine prompts focused on sales engineering tasks and workflows.

• Evaluate AI-generated responses for technical accuracy and commercial realism.

• Ensure materials reflect the communication, documentation, and demo experience of a real-world sales engineer.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a sales engineering or technical pre-sales role.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Strong background in one or more of the following:

  • Pre-sales support and technical product demonstrations

  • Writing proposals, specs, and solution documentation

  • Customer discovery and requirements gathering

  • Explaining technical concepts to varied audiences

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• High attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or certifications in business, engineering, or product management.

• Experience with tools like Salesforce, proposal software, or demo platforms.

Role Highlights

• Flexible workload: 10–20 hours/week, with potential to increase to 40 hours.

• Fully remote and asynchronous—work from anywhere, on your schedule.

• Initial contract of 1–2 months, with possible extensions.

• Role begins early to mid-July; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Interview Process

• Complete an AI-driven interview about your sales engineering background.

• Write a prompt live and evaluate AI-generated responses.

• Selection is based on performance and accuracy of evaluations.

Compensation and Legal

• Hourly contractor position.

• Paid weekly via Stripe Connect.

Equal Opportunity
Mercor is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to protected characteristics and provide accommodations upon request.

Apply now to bring your technical sales expertise into the world of AI innovation!