Data Engineering Expert | $140-200/hr | Remote (UK-Based)
Mercor is recruiting experienced Data Engineering professionals for a short, intensive project with a globally leading AI lab. Your professional expertise will directly shape the tasks and evaluation rubrics used to train and assess frontier AI models - making your real-world judgement the core of what drives value in this engagement.
What You'll Do
You will produce professional documents and deliverables representative of your day-to-day work, collaborating alongside experts from complementary domains. These outputs are logged and used to build training and evaluation frameworks for cutting-edge AI systems.
Who We're Looking For
We are seeking hands-on Data Engineers who build and own pipelines in production. Relevant titles include:
Data Engineer (Mid, Senior, or Staff level)
Analytics Engineer
Data Platform Engineer
Data Architect
Core technical stack:
SQL and Python proficiency
Experience with ETL/ELT, orchestration, streaming, and data warehousing
Familiarity with tools such as Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks
Cloud experience on AWS, GCP, or Azure
Commitment & Schedule
40 hours per week from 14 September to 10 October 2026
Collaboration follows a UK business-hours rhythm
Candidates should not have other significant project commitments during this period; smaller side projects can be discussed
Vetting Process
Resume and work history review
Short domain expertise assessment
Important: Candidates must be based in the United Kingdom and hold the right to work in the UK. This is a strict and essential requirement for this role.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
