OSS Contributors

Mercor is seeking current or former CTOs or Founders with direct access and authority over their organizations private codebase to partner on high-impact AI training and evaluation initiatives. Youll be working with us and the AI company we engage to securely use your code to build realistic evals and where permitted train/improve coding models.

What youll do

• Authorize & enable access: Verify you have the legal authority to grant a limited license for evaluation and (if agreed) training use; coordinate secure repository access (read-only scoped).

• Curate high-value datasets: Select representative modules/services strip or mask secrets/PII and define inclusion/exclusion rules.

• Design realistic evaluations: Create task suites spanning your stack (e.g. refactors bug-fixes feature diffs tests performance work) grounded in your production code.

• Develop test harnesses: Build/guide test cases and scoring that reflect real engineering constraints (builds CI style coverage perf).

• Analyze outcomes: Review model behavior on your code highlight failure modes and propose improvements aligned to your architecture.

• Ensure compliance & security: Partner with us on data handling (DPA/MSA/SOW) audit logs redaction secret scanning and access revocation.

Youre a great fit if you

• Are a CTO/founder (current or former) who controls or can authorize access to a substantial production codebase (mono-repo or multi-service).

• Can grant a time-boxed purpose-limited license for evaluation andif mutually agreedtraining on selected code segments.

• Have deep knowledge of your systems architecture tooling and standards (Git CI/CD testing observability).

• Are fluent in one or more of: Python Java C/C JavaScript TypeScript (others welcome).

• Can collaborate asynchronously with researchers/engineers and move quickly with minimal oversight.

• Are an active OSS contributor on Git

Role details

• Engagement: Part-time flexible 100% remote/asynchronous.

• Scope: Evaluation-only by default; training usage optional and controlled by written agreement (purpose-limited revocable).

• Security: Read-only least-privilege access; optional on-prem/VPC workflows; comprehensive auditability.

Compensation & legal

• Youll be engaged as an hourly contractor via Mercor; payments weekly via Stripe Connect.

• For qualifying partners we can structure separate limited licenses (with fees) for evaluation and/or training use of selected code assets.

• All work is governed by mutually executed MSA/SOW and data protection terms.