Software Engineer – Open Source (Remote | 90 –120/hr)

Open Source Developers

Hourly Contract | Fully Remote | $90–$120 per hour

About the Role

Mercor is hiring
Open Source Developers
to support a high-impact engineering initiative focused on reviewing, maintaining, and troubleshooting live repositories. This role is ideal for experienced contributors who understand open-source workflows, complex Git operations, and real-world repository management.

Who You Are

• An open-source developer or maintainer with experience contributing to and reviewing code in active repositories
• Comfortable reasoning about
  Git
  at a deep, technical level
• Skilled in debugging repository states and repairing
  broken commit histories
  without data loss

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years
  of software engineering experience in open-source, backend development, or DevOps
• Demonstrated contributions on
  GitHub, GitLab, or other OSS platforms
• (Bonus) Experience in code review, open-source governance, or
  AI/LLM model evaluation

PS: Mercor reviews applications daily. Please complete your interview and onboarding steps to be considered for this opportunity.