Data Engineer – Coding Agent Experience

🕒 August 8

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $80 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🚰 Data Engineer

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Mercor

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $350M Series C - Mercor on 2025-10

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📋 Description

• 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 • Participate in sprint-based projects running in 12–24 hour stretches based on client requirements

🎯 Requirements

• 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 preferred • Must be engaged as an independent contractor • H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work • Flexible schedule / work completed on your own schedule • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered • Competitive pay • Opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers • Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems • Referral compensation of up to $320 for each successful referral