Data Engineer - AI Coding Expert - AI Trainer

Mercor, Inc.

Philadelphia, PA, United States

about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Part-time (≤ 32 hours)

Experience level

Experienced

Experience required

2 years minimum

Compensation

$166,400.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

indeed.com

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Business Analytics Applications Big Data Information Engineering Data Infrastructure Extract Transform Load (ETL) Data Warehousing Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements) Distributed Data Store

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

Requirements

Do you have experience in AI tools proficiency?, 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.

Benefits & conditions

3.93.9 out of 5 stars Philadelphia, PA Remote $80 an hour - Part-time

About the company

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.