Data Engineering Expert

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…