MercorMember of Design Staff
Mercor is hiring a Member of Design Staff in San Francisco, United States. It pays $175k-$350k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Mercor.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Figma, Tailwind and Notion.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 107 other open roles at Mercor.
AI in this role
Design core user journeys and polished UI for Mercor's platform connecting human expertise to AI models.
Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.
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.
What you’ll do
Own the design of core user journeys across the product, from initial flows to polished UI
Collaborate with engineering and product to implement new features and refine existing ones
Bring clarity to complex user experiences as our product evolves and scales
Create and maintain a clean, modern visual language inspired by tools like Notion and powered by elements like Tailwind
Work closely with our Head of Design to articulate and evolve Mercor’s design philosophy & culture
Help tutorialize the product experience — ensuring that users know what to do without needing to be told
Qualifications
Strong portfolio that demonstrates both visual polish and UX depth
Passion for building products that are intuitive, beautiful, and a joy to use
4+ years in product design, ideally at fast-moving startups or high-bar product teams
Proven ability to operate autonomously
Bonus: Experience building AI-driven products or marketplaces
At Mercor, we recognize that exceptional ability comes in all forms, a core philosophy on which we built our platform. Because of this, we welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds with unique experiences and transferable skill sets, even if they don’t meet all the preferred qualifications listed above.
Benefits
Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
Up to $15k Relocation bonus
$10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
$1.5K monthly stipend for meals
Free Equinox membership
$200 monthly laundry reimbursement
$200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
Health, Dental, Vision insurance
How we rate this
Member of Design Staff at Mercor rates 30 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- Tell me about a project where product design was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where ui ux was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where visual design was part of your work. What did you do?
- What's a project where you used Figma hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used Tailwind in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Product Design, UI UX, Visual Design, Figma, and Tailwind. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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