Search Optimization Specialist - Fully Remote
$80 - $150 per hourMercor
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
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$80 - $150 per hour
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