Search Systems Engineer - Expert - AI Trainer

Mercor, Inc.
Chicago, IL, United States
1 day ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Compensation
$166,400.0 - $312,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Systems Engineering Program Optimization Data Infrastructure

Job description

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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.

Interview Process

  • 25 mins conversational interview. No coding, no take-home.
  • Follow-up with a paid 30-minute live conversation if interview stands out; $200 for your time.

Benefits & conditions

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