First seen by our source: 20 days ago
Search Systems Engineer - Expert
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote contract Software Engineer for agentic search systems at $80 to $150 per hour. The role develops and optimizes production search systems, owns relevance and retrieval, quantifies system impact, and builds data infrastructure, working independently and asynchronously.
Pay:
$80–$150 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Develop and optimize agentic search systems for production
- Own relevance and retrieval processes
- Quantify impact and improvements of search systems
- Build and scale data infrastructure for search
- Work independently and asynchronously on search quality
Requirements summary:
- 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
Tools & skills
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- 2026-10-17
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-17
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Job details
| Department | Software development |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
- Data Collection and Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
- Other recorded names
- Mercor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
| View page |
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)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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