Software Engineer — Agentic Search Systems
Mercor
Remote
contract
$$80 – $150 per hour
Posted 2 hour ago
Job Description
We're looking for engineers who have shipped production search systems (especially agentic ones now that we're in the era of LLMs and agents) and are thinking hard about the requirements and optimizations of those systems.
You've probably:
- Owned relevance or retrieval on a system real users depended on
- Decided how to quantify impact and improvements with these systems.
- Built out systems related to agentic search.
- Scaled data infrastructure to power modern search systems.
This is a 25-minute conversational interview. No coding, no take-home. We want to hear how you actually think about search quality, evaluation, and the tradeoffs you've made in real systems. Bring war stories — the messier and more specific, the better.
If your interview stands out, we'll follow up with a paid 30-minute live conversation with our team — $200 for your time, paid on completion of the call.
If that sounds like you, apply and complete the interview. We review every submission.
We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
Required Skills
Problem SolvingSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)System DesignResearchSoftware TestingData ScienceDistributed SystemsData ManagementAI System DesignLarge Language Models (LLMs)Retrieval SystemsAgentic Search
About the Company
Mercor
Software Development
51-250 Founded 2023
Mercor is a revolutionary AI-powered hiring platform that matches job seekers with jobs. Mercor is organizing human intelligence
to power the AI economy. We connect people with the leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human expertise essential to AI development.
Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.
Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone. Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.
to power the AI economy. We connect people with the leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human expertise essential to AI development.
Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.
Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone. Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.
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