Software Engineer, Python — Codebase Q&A
Mercor
$130 · as listed
Software Engineer, Python — Codebase Q&A
Mercor is looking for advanced Python engineers to contribute to AI training datasets by creating complex codebase exploration tasks. This remote, task-based work involves designing challenging questions and scenarios that teach AI agents to navigate, analyze, and reason about unfamiliar software repositories. You'll be working at the intersection of software engineering and AI data work, helping build the foundation for how AI systems understand real code.
This role suits experienced developers who enjoy deep technical problem-solving and have a strong grasp of Python and software architecture. You'll craft scenarios that test an AI agent's ability to explore codebases, understand dependencies, and answer engineering questions—work that directly shapes how AI learns to reason about production code.
The position is fully remote and listed at $130 per task on the Mercor platform.
From the listing: Mercor marketplace · task-based. ## 1\. Role Overview Mercor is seeking experienced Python engineers to build the dataset that teaches AI agents to reason about real codebases. Codebase Q&A is a reinforcement-learning environment for training AI agents to explore and reason about software repositories they have never seen before. You will build difficult codebase-exploration tasks: high-level engineering questions about
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