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
$ 87KJob 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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