Database Engineer - Fully Remote | Up to $2200/task
mercor
SingaporePosted 7 days agoDiscoveredMatch locked
RemoteContractor5+ years expDeveloper
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
Database Systems Evaluation Expert
Role Responsibilities
- Design challenging, self-contained
database engineering tasks
.
- Build checks for
correctness
,
failure handling
,
concurrency
,
retries
, and
regressions
.
- Evaluate performance measures such as
latency
,
throughput
, and
memory use
.
- Write clear grading criteria for
engineering judgment
.
- Collaborate with
technical reviewers
to refine and validate tasks.
Must-Have
•
5+ years
of hands-on
database-engine internals experience
or a
database-systems PhD
.
•
Deep experience with storage engines
,
query execution
,
optimization
,
transactions
,
replication
, or related low-latency systems.
•
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
•
Complete a self-paced technical assessment with recorded verbal responses and a coding exercise.
•
Use a laptop or desktop with a camera, microphone, and entire-screen sharing.
•
Have your own editor and terminal ready, along with Python 3.8+
and a compiler for
C , C++
,
Rust
,
Go
, or
Java
.
•
The assessment includes a starter kit and public tests.
•
Resources & Support
•
For details about the interview process and platform information, please check
•
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Skills
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