Software Engineer, Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview)
About this role
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 to 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.
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What You'll Do
- Join one 45 to 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.
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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.
- Based in the United States.
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Nice to Have
- Integrated market data, news, research, or AI chat features.
- Experience across different company sizes or seniority levels.
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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.
Details
- Pay: $100 to $120/hr
- Company: Mercor
- Location: Remote
- Eligible locations: Worldwide (no restriction)
- Platform: Mercor
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Software Engineer, Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview) role pay?
Mercor lists this Software Engineer, Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview) position at $100 to $120/hr. Pay is set by Mercor and your exact offer depends on your experience and the scope of the work.
Is the Software Engineer, Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview) role remote, and can I work from home?
Yes. Mercor lists this Software Engineer, Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview) position as fully remote, so you can work from home or anywhere with a reliable computer and internet connection.
Is Software Engineer, Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview) full time or part time?
Mercor lists this as a contractor remote role. Full details are in the role description above.
Which countries can apply for Software Engineer, Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview)?
Mercor lists this role with no country restriction. Check the Mercor listing for current requirements before applying.
Do I need experience to apply for Software Engineer, Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview)?
The requirements are listed in the role description above. Mercor screens applicants through its own process, and relevant skills or credentials strengthen your application.
How do I apply for the Software Engineer, Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview) role, and is it legit?
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