Generative AI Engineer

Mercor, Inc.
New York, United States of America
24 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 87K

Job location

Remote
New York, United States of America

Tech stack

API
Artificial Intelligence
Business Logic
Cloud Computing
Databases
Python
Software Engineering
TypeScript
Rust
Prompt Engineering
Generative AI
Go

Job description

  • Evaluate and improve AI model outputs in complex software engineering tasks.
  • Develop and refine prompt engineering techniques, including chain-of-thought and few-shot methods.
  • Build and optimize agentic systems with tool-calling loops and multi-step reasoning pipelines.
  • Manage context effectively using RAG, chunking, and vector search to prevent degradation.
  • Critically assess model outputs, identifying hallucinations and subtle failures.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to enhance AI model performance., PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Requirements

Must-Have

  • 4+ years professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong proficiency in at least two languages (Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, etc.).
  • Comfortable with APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and application logic.
  • Expert command of prompt engineering and context management.

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