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mercor

Data Engineer - AI Coding Expert

mercor
United StatesPosted 18 days agoDiscoveredMatch locked
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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)

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.

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. •

Preferred

•

Compensation & Legal

•

$400 per accepted task

. •

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

•

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•

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•

Resources & Support

•

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•

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Skills

artificial-intelligenceetl

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