Join the fastest-growing startup in history as a Tech Lead Manager to build high-performing engineering teams and lead the development of core systems for AI labs.
Key Highlights
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Job Description
Join the fastest-growing startup in history — and lead a high-performing engineering team building the core systems that power the world’s leading AI labs.
Role Title: Tech Lead Manager
Location: Onsite in San Francisco, CA (Mon-Fri onsite and Saturday remote)
Client: Mercor (Unicorn, Series B at $2B)
Salary: $180,000 – $500,000 base + performance bonus + equity options
About Mercor:
- Mercor is revolutionizing how AI models are trained — powering data and infrastructure for the top 5 AI labs globally.
- The company scaled from $1M → $500M in revenue run rate in just 17 months, becoming the fastest-growing startup in history. Already valued at $2B+, Mercor remains profitable and accelerating with double-digit week-over-week growth.
- Now, they’re building one of Silicon Valley’s most ambitious engineering orgs — and hiring builder-leaders ready to shape the future of AI.
What You’ll Do:
- Split your time 50% hands-on coding and 50% engineering leadership.
- Write, ship, and review high-quality production code across backend systems (Python/Django or similar).
- Lead technical design, architecture, and system scalability across teams.
- Mentor and grow a distributed team of high-performing engineers.
- Hire rapidly across geographies and build lightweight, high-velocity processes.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Ops, and Data to deliver business-critical outcomes.
- Translate technical strategy into measurable business impact.
- Build evaluation frameworks and reinforcement learning environments powering AI training.
Ideal Experience:
- 6+ years in software engineering, including team leadership and IC-level contributions.
- Strong backend experience (Python/Django or similar).
- Proven record of shipping in production and scaling teams in high-growth settings.
- Background in startups or hypergrowth companies preferred.
- Familiarity with LLM internals, fine-tuning, or evaluation frameworks is a plus.
- Excellent communicator — able to explain technical trade-offs in business terms.
- Thrives in chaos, brings structure without bureaucracy.
Compensation & Perks
- $180,000 – $400,000 base + performance bonus + equity (depending on level)
- Full healthcare coverage + unlimited PTO
- $20K relocation bonus + housing stipend (if moving to SF HQ)
- Free Equinox membership + $1K/month meal stipend
- Office perks + career acceleration in a hypergrowth startup
This is your chance to step into a leadership role at a unicorn startup with world-class founders, top-tier investors, and an environment built for rapid career acceleration.