Data Engineering Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $80/hr
mercor
IndiaremotePosted 28 days ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- $80/hour hourly rate.
- $400 per accepted task.
- 2+ years professional data engineering experience required.
- Remote work.
- Regular use of AI coding agents (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Codex).
- Contract position.
Role overview
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company is backed by investors such as Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. The role is a contract Data Engineer (Coding Agent Experience) position, paid at $80/hour, remote, focused on using frontier AI coding agents to tackle complex data engineering tasks.
Responsibilities
- Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex data engineering tasks.
- Review model-generated implementations involving ETL pipelines, data warehouses, analytics platforms, and distributed data systems.
- Identify bugs, edge cases, scalability issues, and failure modes in model outputs.
- Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
- Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic data engineering scenarios.
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional data engineering experience.
- Experience building ETL pipelines, data warehouses, analytics platforms, or distributed data systems.
- Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, or similar tools.
- Ability to evaluate model-generated data infrastructure and pipeline implementations.
Nice to have
- Experience operating large-scale data platforms.
Benefits
- $400 per accepted task (compensation tied to accepted work).
- Remote work arrangement.
Additional details
- Company: Mercor.
- Investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
- Headquarters: San Francisco.
- Position type: Contract.
- Compensation rate: $80/hour.
- Location: Remote.
- Application Process (20–30 mins): Upload resume, AI interview based on your resume, Submit form.
- Resources & Support: For interview process and platform information, see provided links; contact support for help.
- Team reviews applications daily; complete AI interview and application steps to be considered.
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