Remote Data Engineer & AI Trainer (UK Contract)

Mercor; England; Remote; GBP 144,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with AI research labs. UK-based data engineers are sought to develop and own production data pipelines, collaborating on AI model training and evaluation.

Role requires SQL, Python and experience with Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks on AWS, GCP or Azure. Remote work with UK business-hours rhythm; duration 14 Sep–10 Oct 2026, 40 hrs/week.

Qualifications

• Experience building and owning data pipelines in production.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, orchestration, streaming and data warehousing.
• Must be based in the United Kingdom with right to work.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own data pipelines in production environments.
• Collaborate with experts to create tasks for AI model training and evaluation.
• Utilize SQL, Python and tools like Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks on cloud platforms.
• Document and structure data engineering processes for knowledge transfer.
• Work within a UK business-hours rhythm to ensure seamless collaboration.

Skills

Data pipelines

SQL

Python

ETL/ELT

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

dbt

Snowflake

BigQuery

Databricks

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with AI research labs. UK-based data engineers are sought to develop and own production data pipelines, collaborating on AI model training and evaluation.

Role requires SQL, Python and experience with Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks on AWS, GCP or Azure. Remote work with UK business-hours rhythm; duration 14 Sep–10 Oct 2026, 40 hrs/week.