Let’s get started
By clicking ‘Next’, I agree to the Terms of Service
and Privacy Policy, and consent to receive emails from Rise
Jobs / Job page
Engineering Manager, Applied AI image - Rise Careers
Job details

Engineering Manager, Applied AI

About Mercor

Mercor is defining the future of work. We partner with leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human intelligence essential to AI development.

Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone. Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society.

Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.

About the Role

We’re hiring Engineering Managers to lead teams within our Applied AI organization.

Applied AI builds systems that directly improve model quality, including evaluation infrastructure, annotation products, and emerging multimodal capabilities. You’ll lead a team of engineers, partner with product and research, and help define how Mercor stays at the frontier of AI.

You will also build partnerships with leading AI labs and directly contribute to improving the quality of frontier models through data, evaluation, and systems.

This role requires high ownership and abstraction: setting direction, driving outcomes, and staying hands-on while leading.

What You’ll Work On

Build and scale teams

  • Manage and grow a team of 6–10 engineers

  • Coach and develop high-potential engineers

  • Establish strong ownership, culture, and execution standards

  • Shape the team: define hiring processes, establish engineering practices, and scale a high-performing team from the ground up

Drive Applied AI systems and outcomes

  • Drive insights and methodology behind evaluation systems that benchmark and improve model performance

  • Lead development while driving improvements in data quality, operational efficiency, system stability, and scalability

  • Scale products that generate high-quality training data and improve human-in-the-loop workflows

Own technical direction

  • Lead system design for complex AI systems

  • Stay close to the technical work and guide engineers through ambiguous problems

  • Translate high-level AI goals into clear engineering roadmaps and execution plans

Operate across a broad scope

  • Partner with product, research, operations, and external AI labs

  • Work across systems, data insights, and custom partnerships to drive model quality

Shape the organization

  • Introduce lightweight processes as the organization scales

  • Hire and develop strong engineering talent

  • Help define engineering management at Mercor

What We’re Looking For

  • 6–10 years in engineering; 2–3+ years managing teams

  • Strong background in building scalable systems

  • Ability to lead in ambiguous environments with sound technical judgment

  • Proven ability to coach engineers and drive execution

  • Strong ownership mindset with pragmatic decision-making

Who Thrives Here

  • We’re looking for engineering leaders who take ownership in ambiguous environments, make pragmatic decisions, and consistently deliver measurable impact.

Success Metrics

  • Build high-performing, well-supported teams

  • Hire and retain strong engineers

  • Improve team velocity and execution quality

  • Contribute to systems that measurably improve model performance

Location

San Francisco (preferred) or New York

Why This Role

  • Direct impact on frontier AI development

  • Build partnerships with leading AI labs and shape how frontier models improve

  • High ownership across team, systems, and hiring

  • Opportunity to shape a rapidly scaling organization

  • Work at the intersection of engineering, product, data, and AI

Average salary estimate

$215000 / YEARLY (est.)
min
max
$170000K
$260000K

If an employer mentions a salary or salary range on their job, we display it as an "Employer Estimate". If a job has no salary data, Rise displays an estimate if available.

Mercor logo

What it's like to work at Mercor

Read Reviews
Similar Jobs
Photo of the Rise User
Mercor Hybrid No location specified
Posted 17 hours ago

Mercor is hiring a Security Engineer, Automation to build production-grade automation and integrations that scale security operations from our San Francisco headquarters.

Photo of the Rise User

A leading staffing partner is hiring a seasoned AI-native software engineer to architect and deploy cloud-native LLM agents and integrations, working remotely with frequent client travel.

Photo of the Rise User
Posted 7 hours ago

PracticeQ is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to drive design and delivery of scalable .NET services and modern front-end features that improve practice management and patient experiences.

Photo of the Rise User
Customer-Centric
Mission Driven
Social Impact Driven
Rapid Growth
Passion for Exploration
Dare to be Different
Reward & Recognition
Inclusive & Diverse
Rise from Within
Diversity of Opinions
Work/Life Harmony
Take Risks
Medical Insurance
Paid Time-Off
Maternity Leave
Mental Health Resources
Equity
Child Care stipend
Social Gatherings
Nap Room
Fitness Stipend
Family Coverage (Insurance)
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Contribute to Poshmark’s Growth Cloud Platform by building backend APIs, ML/AI scoring integrations, and tracking to surface higher-quality listings across external sharing channels.

pubGENIUS Hybrid No location specified
Posted 7 hours ago

A senior, hands-on Principal Software Engineer is needed to own architecture, performance, and delivery across a high-revenue web platform, mobile app, and ML-driven ad-tech systems for a remote-first ad-tech agency/startup.

Supernal is hiring a Staff/Principal Software Engineer to lead platform architecture, scale backend systems, and improve reliability for its AI employee platform.

Photo of the Rise User
FINRA Hybrid Rockville, MD (Job Posting)
Posted 5 hours ago

FINRA is hiring a Software Engineer in Rockville, MD to develop robust, maintainable software and support engineering and operational excellence across the SDLC in a hybrid environment.

Photo of the Rise User
AVEVA Hybrid San Leandro, California, United States of America
Posted 5 hours ago

Lead and architect enterprise-scale AI initiatives at AVEVA, translating cutting-edge AI research into production-ready architectures, repeatable patterns, and cross-functional delivery across industrial domains.

Photo of the Rise User
Posted 16 hours ago
Customer-Centric
Mission Driven
Social Impact Driven
Rapid Growth
Passion for Exploration
Dare to be Different
Reward & Recognition
Inclusive & Diverse
Rise from Within
Diversity of Opinions
Work/Life Harmony
Take Risks
Medical Insurance
Paid Time-Off
Maternity Leave
Mental Health Resources
Equity
Child Care stipend
Social Gatherings
Nap Room
Fitness Stipend
Family Coverage (Insurance)
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Product Security Intern at Poshmark to assist with vulnerability assessments, secure code reviews, and remediation workflows in a fast-moving consumer tech environment.

Photo of the Rise User
Posted 5 hours ago

Chainguard is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture and implementation of a scalable, secure Libraries Platform that automates builds, verification, and distribution of open-source packages (remote, full-time).

Photo of the Rise User
Posted 7 hours ago
Inclusive & Diverse
Rise from Within
Mission Driven
Diversity of Opinions
Work/Life Harmony
Take Risks
Startup Mindset
Collaboration over Competition
Fast-Paced
Growth & Learning
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Performance Bonus
Family Medical Leave
Paid Holidays

A product-minded Engineering Manager is needed to lead and grow engineering teams, drive technical execution for distributed, service-oriented systems, and partner cross-functionally to deliver impactful scheduling products.

Photo of the Rise User
Posted 3 hours ago

Senior Director of Engineering needed to drive AI-powered engineering practices and operational excellence across global development teams in a remote role based in Pennsylvania.

Photo of the Rise User
ServiceNow Hybrid Building A,B,C 2225 Lawson Lane, 95054 Santa Clara, California, United States
Posted 22 hours ago
Inclusive & Diverse
Mission Driven
Rise from Within
Diversity of Opinions
Work/Life Harmony
Empathetic
Feedback Forward
Take Risks
Collaboration over Competition
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Mental Health Resources
Life insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Conferences Stipend
Paid Time-Off
Maternity Leave
Equity

Veza is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Automation (Tech Lead) to define automation strategy, build scalable test frameworks, and lead CI/CD and quality engineering across the platform.

Photo of the Rise User
NBCUniversal Hybrid 1 Blachley Rd, Stamford, CT 06902, USA
Posted 20 hours ago

NBCUniversal seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement large-scale Go-based systems that power global streaming delivery across Peacock and partner services.

We use AI to understand human ability and match talent with the opportunities they're best suited for.

11 jobs
MATCH
Calculating your matching score...
BADGES
Badge ChangemakerBadge Future MakerBadge Global CitizenBadge InnovatorBadge Future UnicornBadge Rapid Growth
FUNDING
SENIORITY LEVEL REQUIREMENT
INDUSTRY
TEAM SIZE
EMPLOYMENT TYPE
Full-time, onsite
DATE POSTED
April 15, 2026
Risa star 🔮 Hi, I'm Risa! Your AI
Career Copilot
Want to see a list of jobs tailored to
you, just ask me below!