Data Engineering Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $80/hr
Smart Apply
Save
Location
Remote (India)
Employment
Contractor
First seen by Alion on Oct 9, 2026. Mercor scores A on the Alion truth index.
Overview
Company
Impact
Profile match
Mercor is an American company founded in 2023 by three Thiel Fellows that recruits and pays domain experts to produce the training and evaluation data frontier artificial intelligence labs need. Its business shifted quickly from general talent matching to expert data work: as models became competent at ordinary tasks, the scarce input became judgement from practising doctors, lawyers, bankers and engineers, and Mercor sources, vets and pays those people at very large scale. Headquartered in San Francisco and valued in the billions within two years of founding, it pays out enormous sums annually to a contributor network rather than employing them.
Backed by General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, Felicis
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
- 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.
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.
- Experience operating large-scale data platforms.
- $400 per accepted task.
- Compensation is tied to accepted work.
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check:
- For any help or support, reach out to:
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Free account
Stop reading job ads. Get the ones that fit.
One free account turns this page into a shortlist built around your stack, your level and your pay.
Match on every job. Stack, seniority, pay and location, scored against your profile.
2,043,529 open roles. Read straight off company career pages, refreshed every day.
Unlimited applications. Every one you send is tracked in one place, on-site or on a company board.
3 tailored CVs a month. Rewritten for the exact job you are applying to. Included free.
Free forever. No card. Under a minute.
Your match
How well do you fit this role?
Two answers are enough for a real match. No account needed.
Check my fit
Answers stay in this browser until you create an account.
Recommended for you based on this role
Data Science
Similar stack
Same company
In your city
Data Scientist-Actuarial AI Solutions
6 days ago
≈ $92k – $197k per year (Estimated) · Remote (Switzerland) · Full-Time · Zurich
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Apply
Sr Data Engineer
1 day ago
≈ $30k – $80k per year (Estimated) · Remote (Bolivia) · Full-Time · Bolivia
Python
SQL
Databases
MySQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
dbt
DevOps
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Docker
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Dimensional Modeling
Management
Agile
Apply
Lead Data Architect (MDM)
2 hours ago
$128k – $213k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · United States
Analytics
Master Data Management
Apply
Remote (India) · Freelance
AI/ML
AI Agents
Apply
Data Engineer (FP&A)
1 day ago
Remote (India) · Full-Time
SQL
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Informatica
Talend
SSIS
Management
QuickBooks
Apply
This is one of many
2,043,529 more open roles from verified company boards, updated every day.