Mercor seeks data engineers to test AI coding agents
Mercor is hiring remote contract data engineers to judge how well handle real data engineering work. The pay is listed as $80 per hour equivalent, with $400 for each accepted task. After ramp-up, typical tasks are expected to take 2 to 3 hours.
The work involves using to solve complex data engineering tasks and then reviewing the results. The review covers ETL pipelines, , analytics platforms, and . The role also requires finding bugs, scalability problems, and failure modes, then comparing answers from several newer AI models.
Applicants need at least 2 years of professional data engineering experience, hands-on experience with or data platforms, and regular use of tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, or Gemini CLI.
Key points
- Mercor is hiring remote contract data engineers with experience.
- The listed pay is $80 per hour equivalent, or $400 per accepted task.
- Tasks involve solving and reviewing real data engineering problems with .
- The work covers ETL pipelines, , analytics platforms, and .
- Relevant tools include Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, and Gemini CLI.