Data Engineering Specialist

Job overview

The Data Engineering Specialist role is remote. Compensation is $120–$180 per hour. Mercor connects technical talent with leading AI research labs. The role applies data science and engineering expertise to design challenging tasks, define clear evaluation criteria, and assess work consistently. It also supports training and evaluation of frontier AI models to improve model performance.

What you'll do

• Design data science and engineering tasks involving exploratory analysis, statistical modeling, machine-learning pipelines, ETL, and data-pipeline design
• write task-specific criteria for deliverables
• apply evidence-based judgment to assessments
• incorporate reviewer feedback
• train and evaluate AI models
• work independently and asynchronously to improve model performance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

data engineering specialist

remote

mercor

$120–$180/hour

data engineering

data science

python

sql

etl

machine learning

statistical modeling

ai model evaluation

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting specifies contract work, 4+ years of relevant experience, Python, SQL, statistical modeling, machine learning, experimentation, causal inference, and a bachelor’s degree from an English-speaking country.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: Employment Placement Agencies. Sector: 56.