Remote Agentic Search Systems Engineer

mercor; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 83,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is hiring a Software Engineer for Agentic Search Systems on a remote contract. You will evaluate AI-generated content in search systems, develop agentic search capabilities, and scale data infrastructure to improve retrieval and performance.

The role involves independent, asynchronous work with timely deliverables. The position emphasizes shipping production search systems, ownership of relevance, and measurable impact on model outputs.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping production search systems.
• Ownership of relevance or retrieval on systems used by real users.
• Ability to quantify impact and improvements in search systems.
• Experience building systems related to agentic search.
• Experience scaling data infrastructure for search systems.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the accuracy and depth of AI-generated content in search systems to strengthen reasoning and rigor in model outputs.
• Develop and optimize systems related to agentic search for improved performance and reliability.
• Scale data infrastructure to support modern search systems and enhance retrieval capabilities.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to quantify impact and improvements in search systems.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Skills

Production search systems

Relevance retrieval

Data infrastructure

Independent contributor

Job description

Mercor is hiring a Software Engineer for Agentic Search Systems on a remote contract. You will evaluate AI-generated content in search systems, develop agentic search capabilities, and scale data infrastructure to improve retrieval and performance.

The role involves independent, asynchronous work with timely deliverables. The position emphasizes shipping production search systems, ownership of relevance, and measurable impact on model outputs.