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: SWE/LLM Superuser Type: Contract Compensation: $42/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate and improve AI model outputs in complex software engineering tasks.
• Develop and refine prompt engineering techniques, including chain-of-thought and few-shot methods.
• Build and optimize agentic systems with tool-calling loops and multi-step reasoning pipelines.
• Manage context effectively using RAG, chunking, and vector search to prevent degradation.
• Critically assess model outputs, identifying hallucinations and subtle failures.
• Work independently and asynchronously to enhance AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 4+ years professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in at least two languages (Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, etc.).
• Comfortable with APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and application logic.
• Expert command of prompt engineering and context management.

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.