Systems Programmer - Remote | Up to $85/hr
About the role
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: Rust Developer
Type: Part-time / Contract Compensation: $50–$85/hour Commitment: 10–20 hours/week Role Responsibilities
- Design challenging coding problems with clear input/output specs, constraints, and explicit function signatures.
- Develop complete mini-repos, including problem statements, reference solutions, comprehensive unit tests, and executable test runners.
- Implement clean, production-quality Rust code aligned strictly with test expectations.
- Write high-coverage tests covering edge cases, invalid inputs, concurrency issues, and performance constraints.
- Ensure full executability with no missing dependencies, borrow checker violations, or build configuration issues.
Qualifications Must-Have
- 3–6 years of professional software development experience with strong experience in Rust.
- Strong proficiency in Rust fundamentals, including ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, and trait-based design.
- Experience building backend services using frameworks such as Actix Web, Axum, Rocket, or similar.
- Working knowledge of async programming (Tokio, async/await).
- Experience with databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB.
- Experience writing unit and integration tests using Rust’s built-in testing framework.
- Familiarity with Cargo, Docker, and basic CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions or similar).
- Strong understanding of memory safety, concurrency models, and performance optimisation.
- Comfortable working with Git-based collaboration (PRs, issues, reviews).
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. ,
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Systems Programmer - Remote | Up to $85/hr
About the role
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: Rust Developer
Type: Part-time / Contract Compensation: $50–$85/hour Commitment: 10–20 hours/week Role Responsibilities
- Design challenging coding problems with clear input/output specs, constraints, and explicit function signatures.
- Develop complete mini-repos, including problem statements, reference solutions, comprehensive unit tests, and executable test runners.
- Implement clean, production-quality Rust code aligned strictly with test expectations.
- Write high-coverage tests covering edge cases, invalid inputs, concurrency issues, and performance constraints.
- Ensure full executability with no missing dependencies, borrow checker violations, or build configuration issues.
Qualifications Must-Have
- 3–6 years of professional software development experience with strong experience in Rust.
- Strong proficiency in Rust fundamentals, including ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, and trait-based design.
- Experience building backend services using frameworks such as Actix Web, Axum, Rocket, or similar.
- Working knowledge of async programming (Tokio, async/await).
- Experience with databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB.
- Experience writing unit and integration tests using Rust’s built-in testing framework.
- Familiarity with Cargo, Docker, and basic CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions or similar).
- Strong understanding of memory safety, concurrency models, and performance optimisation.
- Comfortable working with Git-based collaboration (PRs, issues, reviews).
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. ,