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Search Optimization Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $150/task Task based

$80 - $150 per hour

Mercor

Toronto, ON
  • Remote job

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Software Engineer — Agentic Search Systems

Type: Contract

Compensation: $80–$150/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize agentic search systems for production environments.
  • Own relevance and retrieval processes to ensure systems meet user needs.
  • Quantify the impact and improvements of search systems effectively.
  • Build and scale data infrastructure to support modern search capabilities.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to enhance search quality and evaluation.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Experience with production search systems and agentic search.
  • Proven ability to own relevance or retrieval on user-dependent systems.
  • Strong skills in quantifying system impact and improvements.

Interview Process

  • 25 mins conversational interview. No coding or take-home tasks.
  • Follow-up 30 mins paid live conversation with the team for standout interviews.

Compensation & Legal

  • Paid on completion of the follow-up call.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

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PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Vacancy posted a month ago
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