Software Engineer – Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview)
$100–120 one-time
Remote coding contract with Mercor, $100–120 one-time, open to people in United States, Canada, United Kingdom and 30 more countries. Posted Oct 22.
$100–120 one-time
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- Pay
- Paid per taskPaid per one-time, so it can't be set against hourly rates. How much you make depends on how fast you work.
- Getting in
- Some screening~30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview. Resume showing real experience in your field.
- Steady work
- Work is patchyProjects can pause or end with little notice.
- Payout record
- Pays on timeSchedule: weekly, every Wednesday. Paid via Stripe (Wise in a few countries).
- Freshness
- RecentPosted 2w ago. Still listed on Mercor on Nov 6, 2026.
- Where you live
- Named countries onlyOpen in United States, Canada, United Kingdom and 30 more.
The job description
Mercor is seeking experienced software engineers at companies that serve retail investors for a short, paid expert interview on behalf of a leading AI company building financial intelligence products. In a single 45–60 minute conversation, you will share how engineering teams like yours evaluate, choose, and integrate third-party APIs and AI vendors. This is a good fit for backend, integrations, or platform engineers (or hands-on tech leads and engineering managers) at online brokerages, investing apps, robo-advisors, neobanks with investing, wealth platforms, or brokerage infrastructure providers.
What You'll Do
- Join one 45–60 minute remote interview at a time that works for you.
- Walk through how your team evaluated or shortlisted an outside API or AI vendor (e.g. market data, news/research, identity, or AI chat), and what drove the final decision.
- Share what made integrations go well or badly: documentation, reliability, pricing, security and compliance review, and support.
- Give candid feedback on what you would want from vendors serving retail-investing products.
Please share only your own experience and opinions. You will not be asked for confidential or proprietary information about your employer.
Requirements
- Currently employed in-house (not freelancing or consulting) as a software engineer, backend or integrations engineer, platform engineer, tech lead, or engineering manager who is still hands-on.
- Work at a company that reaches retail investors, such as an online brokerage, investing app, robo-advisor, neobank with investing, wealth platform, or brokerage infrastructure provider.
- Work on the retail product side, not institutional, hedge fund, or asset management desks.
- Evaluated or integrated a third-party API or AI vendor in the past 12 months (or will soon).
- Involved in choosing the vendor (helped evaluate or shortlist), not only building it after the decision was made.
Nice to Have
- Integrated market data, news, research, or AI chat features.
- Experience across different company sizes or seniority levels.
Why Join?
- Paid for your time, with a flexible, one-time commitment that fits alongside your current role.
- Share your perspective to help shape AI and data products built for retail investors.
How do you apply to Mercor?
Apply on Mercor
The Apply button opens this post on Mercor's own site. You apply with them, not with Rubric. Budget about 30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview.
Get through screening
What Mercor asks for after you apply:
- Take the recorded AI video interview (practice round available)
- Complete any role-specific assessment and the ID check
- Accept the offer and sign the contract
Start work and get paid
Pay schedule: weekly, every Wednesday. Paid via Stripe (Wise in a few countries). You're paid for the work they hand out, not a fixed salary.
Mercor also needs
- Resume showing real experience in your field
- Webcam with your full face visible for the AI interview
- Government ID
Red flags
- Red flagLong waits with no offer after passing the interview
- Red flagProjects ending abruptly with little warning
What is Mercor like to work for?
Hiring marketplace that screens professionals with an AI video interview and places them on hourly contracts training and evaluating models for AI labs.
| Advertised pay | $20–200/hr |
|---|---|
| Getting in | Some screening |
| Application takes | ~30 min: resume upload + 20-min AI interview |
| How you get paid | Weekly, every Wednesday, via Stripe (Wise in a few countries) |
| Payout record | Pays on time |
| Countries | Hires in many countries and runs its pay week on India Standard Time; Mercor keeps a list of locations it cannot onboard, and some projects are US-only. |
Most listings sit around $50–100/hr; healthcare, legal and finance roles pay the most, language and generalist roles the least.
