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Data Engineer - AI Model Evaluation

mercor United States

Posted 15 Aug 2026
Last seen 15 Aug 2026
Location United States
Lifecycle fresh
Grade C
About the jobMercor 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: Data Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)Type:ContractCompensation:$80/hourLocation:RemoteRole 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.
QualificationsMust-Have
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.
PreferredExperience operating large-scale data platforms.Compensation & Legal
$400 per accepted task.
Compensation is tied to accepted work.
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