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How Mechanize hires

Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%

Mechanize scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 4 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

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H-1B filings in 12 months
$353k
Median offered salary
4
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Software developers
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Overview

Mechanize is a software company that builds reinforcement learning environments and sells them to leading AI labs. Its environments train and evaluate coding models on complex, judgment-heavy software engineering tasks. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

News

News NewsBytes 2 months ago
Google acquires Mechanize over $1.5 billion, Tamay Besiroglu joins DeepMind
Google has finalized its acquisition of AI startup Mechanize, bringing co-founder Tamay Besiroglu into DeepMind as a research scientist alongside over a dozen team members.
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News NewsBytes 2 months ago
Google ramps up AI talent hunt with Mechanize acquisition
Google finalized its $1.5 billion-plus acquisition of Mechanize, integrating co-founder Tamay Besiroglu as a research scientist at DeepMind alongside over a dozen former employees.
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News Business Insider 2 months ago
Google has a new edge in the AI race
Google has completed its deal with startup Mechanize, bringing cofounder Tamay Besiroglu and more than a dozen staffers to its AI division, DeepMind.
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News eWeek 3 months ago
Google's $1.5 Billion AI Coding Play Could Escalate Its Fight With OpenAI, Anthropic
Google is reportedly discussing a $1.5 billion-plus Mechanize deal as its AI coding rivalry with OpenAI and Anthropic intensifies.
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News SiliconANGLE 3 months ago
Google targets AI startup Mechanize's technology and talent in proposed $1.5B deal
Google targets AI startup Mechanize's technology and talent in proposed $1.5B deal - SiliconANGLE
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News PYMNTS.com 3 months ago
Google Eyes $1.5 Billion Mechanize Deal to Enhance AI Coding
Google is reportedly in talks with AI coding startup Mechanize to hire some of its talent and sign a licensing agreement for its technology.
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News Business Insider 3 months ago
Google is in talks for a $1.5 billion-plus deal with AI coding agent startup Mechanize
Google wants its AI to get better at coding. It might have found a shortcut with the startup Mechanize.
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News MechanizeWork 1 year ago
Life after work
After AI automates labor, wages collapse but living standards rise. Most people end up much better off.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Mechanize over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
2
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
Python
Practices & domains
Reinforcement Learning
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$325k
Typical range
$300k – $400k
Open positions
4
3 Jobs
Intern 33.3%
Junior 33.3%
Senior 33.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 1 $300k $300k
Junior 1 $300k $300k
Senior 1 $400k $400k
Highest paying role Senior Software Engineer $400k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
4
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
100% ▼

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco United States
HQ
4 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $338k Avg Salary
hires for Backend
seen since Jul 2025 job postings

Jobs

$400k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco
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Reinforcement Learning
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$350k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco
Python
Reinforcement Learning
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$300k per year · In office · Internship · San Francisco
Python
Reinforcement Learning
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$300k per year · In office · Full-Time · San Francisco
Python
Reinforcement Learning
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