About this role
Mercor is seeking an Agent Engineer to build and operate LLM agents in production environments. This contract role involves evaluating agent performance, managing long-running agents, and analyzing adoption patterns of internal assistants. Compensation ranges from $100-$500/hour based on experience.
Must have
Experience shipping agents used by real users
Ability to assess agent performance improvements
Knowledge of long-running work and cloud sandboxes
Insight into internal assistant adoption within organizations
Technologies
Responsibilities
Build and operate LLM agents in production environments
Evaluate agent performance and determine improvements after changes
Manage long-running agents including scheduled jobs and cloud sandboxes
Analyze adoption patterns of internal assistants within organizations
Focus on internal monoagents shared memory and reusable skills
Ensure visibility into agent actions and associated costs
Benefits
Recruitment process
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs
Headquartered in San Francisco with investors including Benchmark and General Catalyst
Interview process includes initial short conversational AI interview with no coding
Live 30-minute conversation with team compensated at $100 to $500 based on experience
Application takes 20-30 minutes to complete including resume upload and AI interview
Team reviews applications daily
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