Remote Search Systems Engineer: Agentic AI & Data Infra

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Software Engineer for Agentic Search Systems on a contract basis. You will evaluate AI-generated content and strengthen the rigor of model outputs within modern search systems.

Responsibilities include developing and optimizing agentic search capabilities, scaling data infrastructure, and collaborating with AI research teams to quantify improvements. Remote work is available, and candidates should be able to work asynchronously to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• Must have production experience shipping 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 ownership

Quantify impact

Agentic search

Data infrastructure scaling

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Software Engineer for Agentic Search Systems on a contract basis. You will evaluate AI-generated content and strengthen the rigor of model outputs within modern search systems.

Responsibilities include developing and optimizing agentic search capabilities, scaling data infrastructure, and collaborating with AI research teams to quantify improvements. Remote work is available, and candidates should be able to work asynchronously to meet deadlines.