Data Engineer - Fully Remote | Upto $80/hr

• 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., PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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.

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