Software Engineer Expert Interview at Mercor
posted 11 hours agoSoftware Engineer Expert Interview | $100-120/hr | Remote (US)
Share your experience evaluating and integrating third-party APIs and AI vendors at a company serving retail investors, in one paid 45-60 minute remote interview on behalf of a leading AI company building financial intelligence products.
What You'll Do
- Join one 45-60 minute remote interview at a time that works for you.
- Walk through how your team evaluated or shortlisted an outside API or AI vendor (e.g. market data, news/research, identity, or AI chat), and what drove the final decision.
- Share what made integrations go well or badly: documentation, reliability, pricing, security and compliance review, and support.
- Give candid feedback on what you would want from vendors serving retail-investing products.
You will not be asked for confidential or proprietary information about your employer. Please share only your own experience and opinions.
Who It's For
- Currently employed in-house (not freelancing or consulting) as a software engineer, backend or integrations engineer, platform engineer, tech lead, or engineering manager who is still hands-on.
- Working at a company that reaches retail investors, such as an online brokerage, investing app, robo-advisor, neobank with investing, wealth platform, or brokerage infrastructure provider.
- Working on the retail product side, not institutional, hedge fund, or asset management desks.
- Evaluated or integrated a third-party API or AI vendor in the past 12 months (or will soon).
- Involved in choosing the vendor (helped evaluate or shortlist), not only building it after the decision was made.
- Based in the United States.
Nice to Have
- Integrated market data, news, research, or AI chat features.
- Experience across different company sizes or seniority levels.
Pay and Schedule
$100-120 per hour. This is a one-time, flexible commitment that fits alongside your current role. You'll be paid for your time and help shape AI and data products built for retail investors.
How to apply for this role
- Upload your resume — keep it up-to-date and in English. Mercor will auto-fill your profile from it.
- Complete the AI interview — a 15-minute conversation about your experience. Be ready to discuss specific projects and challenges you've solved.
- Submit your application — only about 20% of applicants finish all the steps, so completing yours puts you well ahead.