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Job Description
Data Engineer AI Trainer at Mercor
Mercor is connecting top creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. We are headquartered in San Francisco and backed by prominent investors including Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
About the Role
Mercor is seeking a Data Engineering Expert for a contract position. This role involves building long-horizon pipeline tasks with deterministic rubrics to grade agent performance against verifiable ground truth. You will develop ETL/ELT pipelines and dbt models, create Airflow/Dagster DAGs, design warehouse schemas, and work independently to create challenging scenarios for agent evaluation.
Role Responsibilities
- Build long-horizon pipeline tasks with deterministic rubrics.
- Develop ETL/ELT pipelines and dbt models with incremental logic.
- Create Airflow/Dagster DAGs that pass test suites.
- Design warehouse schemas matching defined contracts and performance targets.
- Work independently in long focus sessions for agent evaluation.
- Ensure tasks have checkable answers without subjective judgment.
Qualifications
- BS or MS in Computer Science or related field.
- 3+ years in data engineering or analytics engineering.
- Expertise in dbt model development, pipeline orchestration (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect), warehouse design (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks), and data quality/testing.
- Comfortable with data engineering artifacts: dbt models, DAGs, schema docs, data contracts, and test suites.
- Clear written communication skills to articulate reasoning into deterministic rubrics.
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor position.
- Strong contributors are promoted based on task quality and throughput.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
For details about the interview process and platform information, please visit: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Key skills/competency
- Data Engineering
- AI Training
- ETL/ELT Pipelines
- dbt
- Airflow
- Dagster
- Data Warehousing
- Data Quality
- SQL
- Python
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 3+ years of data engineering experience and expertise in dbt, Airflow/Dagster, and warehouse design.
- Ace the AI interview: Be prepared for an AI-driven assessment based on your resume.
- Demonstrate communication: Showcase clear written communication skills for articulating rubrics.
- Showcase technical skills: Emphasize experience with data engineering artifacts like dbt models and data contracts.
- Apply promptly: Applications are reviewed daily; complete all steps to be considered.
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