Data Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)

$80/hr

196 people hired

RemoteGlobalTechnology1-3 YearsContractPosted Aug 7, 2026

About this role

- Mercor is 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.

Data Engineer, ETL, Data Warehousing & AI Coding Agents Expert

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.
Compare outputs from multiple frontier models and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic data engineering scenarios.

Qualifications

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.