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Data Engineering Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $80/hr

@ Mercor

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Toronto, Ontario

$80/hr2+ years experience
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Overview

Mercor is hiring a contract Data Engineer at $80/hour, fully remote, to evaluate frontier AI coding agents on data engineering tasks. The work involves reviewing model-generated ETL pipelines, data warehouses and distributed data systems, finding bugs and scalability issues, and comparing outputs across models. Compensation is $400 per accepted task.

Pay:

$80 an hour

Responsibilities:

  • Complete data engineering tasks using frontier AI coding agents
  • Review model-generated ETL pipelines and data infrastructure
  • Identify bugs, edge cases and scalability issues
  • Compare outputs across multiple frontier models

Requirements summary:

  • 2+ years of professional data engineering experience
  • Experience building ETL pipelines, data warehouses or distributed data systems
  • Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor or Claude Code
  • Ability to evaluate model-generated data infrastructure
  • Experience operating large-scale data platforms preferred

Tools & skills

CursorClaude CodeCodexWindsurfGemini CLI
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2026-10-18
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Job details

SeniorityMid level
DepartmentData & analytics
Experience2+ years
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingHome
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish

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Mercor

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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

Full company description

Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

LinkedIn followers
654,507
People associated on LinkedIn
5,250
Reported office locations
  • San Francisco, California 94105, US
Business categories
  • Employment
  • Software
  • Recruiting
  • Data Collection and Labeling
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Machine Learning
Other recorded names
  • Mercor
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Yes
Reported total investment
483,600,000

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Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.

FieldValue
IndustrySoftware Development
Company size51-200 employees
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded2023
Open jobs on Jobsy1,626
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Job description

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: Data Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80/hour
Location: Remote

Role 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.

Qualifications

Must-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.

Preferred

  • Experience operating large-scale data platforms.

Compensation & Legal

  • $400 per accepted task.
  • Compensation is tied to accepted work.

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.

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