Data Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)-Remote
About the Role
- We're partnering with a leading AI research lab to support a Frontier Code Agents project.
- Contributors help evaluate and improve frontier AI coding models through structured technical assessments.
- The work focuses on realistic data engineering workflows and model evaluation.
- Spots are limited and filling quickly on a first come, first serve basis.
What You'll Do
- 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.
- Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
- Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic data engineering scenarios.
Time Commitment
- Sprint based project that runs in 12-24 hour stretches based on client requirement.
Compensation
- $400 per accepted task.
- Typical tasks take approximately 2–3 hours after ramp-up.
- Compensation is tied to accepted work.
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REQUIREMENT
Who Should Apply
- 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.
- Experience operating large-scale data platforms is preferred.
We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
Contract and Payment Terms
- You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
- This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
- Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
- Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.
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COMPANY INFO
Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.
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