What are the responsibilities and job description for the AI Engineer - AI Trainer position at Mercor?
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: Senior Agent Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $500/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
Must-Have
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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: Senior Agent Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $500/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Develop and ship production AI agents, including orchestration frameworks and eval harnesses.
- Design and implement tool-use runtimes and multi-step workflows for agent systems.
- Evaluate and improve retrieval systems that agents utilize for enhanced performance.
- Collaborate on both frontier-lab and applied-product projects to innovate AI solutions.
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet project goals with flexible hours.
Must-Have
- Experience in building in-house agent frameworks or cloud-agents runtime.
- Expertise in eval infrastructure for agents, including offline and online systems.
- Proficiency with tool-use, MCP, or orchestration layers.
- Knowledge of memory, retrieval, or state-passing primitives for agents.
- 20 mins async AI screen covering agent architectures and eval practices.
- Live follow-up for top signals.
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
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Salary : $500