Job description
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Software Engineer — Agentic Search Systems
Type:Contract
Compensation:$80–$150/hour
Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
Develop and optimize agentic search systems for production environments.
Own relevance and retrieval processes to ensure systems meet user needs.
Quantify the impact and improvements of search systems effectively.
Build and scale data infrastructure to support modern search capabilities.
Work independently and asynchronously to enhance search quality and evaluation.
Qualifications
Must-Have
Experience with production search systems and agentic search.
Proven ability to own relevance or retrieval on user-dependent systems.
Strong skills in quantifying system impact and improvements.
Interview Process
25 mins conversational interview. No coding or take-home tasks.
Follow-up 30 mins paid live conversation with the team for standout interviews.
Compensation & Legal
Paid on completion of the follow-up call.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.