Data Engineer - AI Coding Expert

### About the job **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) **Type:****Contract** **Compensation:****$80/hour** **Location:****Remote** ### 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. ### Qualifications **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.** * **Ability to evaluate model-generated data infrastructure and pipeline implementations.** ### **Preferred** * **Experience operating large-scale data platforms.** ### **Compensation & Legal** * ****$400 per accepted task**.** * **Compensation is tied to accepted work.** ### **Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)** * **Upload resume** * **AI interview based on your resume** * **Submit form** ### **Resources & Support** * **For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.[mercor](https://himalayas.app/companies/mercor).com/welcome** * **For any help or support, reach out to: support@[mercor](https://himalayas.app/companies/mercor).com** **_PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity._** Originally posted on [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app)