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Staff Backend Engineer, Agentic Systems (Production AI)

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Mercor is hiring a Member of Technical Staff on Talent Experience in San Francisco. You will build backend systems and agent infrastructure behind Mercor's talent network, designing services that source, screen, match, and support experts with minimal human intervention. This hands-on role involves coding end-to-end, collaborating with product, operations, and AI researchers to decide what should be an agent and what should stay deterministic, with an emphasis on observability and guardrails. #J-18808-Ljbffr AI Chopping Block

Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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