AI Engineer

Job Description Job Description 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 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 . Qualifications 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. Interview Process 20 mins async AI screen covering agent architectures and eval practices.

Live follow-up for top signals. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) Upload resume AI interview based on your resume Submit form Resources & Support 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: [email protected] PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.