Remote UK Data Engineer for AI Model Pipelines (Contract)

mercor; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 146,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking UK-based data engineers to own and operate production-grade data pipelines. The role requires strong SQL and Python skills to support ETL/ELT processes and data warehousing initiatives.

You will collaborate with cross-domain experts to define tasks for AI model training, and work across Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, BigQuery, and cloud platforms. This remote contract role follows UK business hours with a 14 Sept–10 Oct 2026 window.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Produce professional documents and deliverables in Data Engineering.
• Collaborate with experts from other domains to build tasks and rubrics for AI model training.
• Utilize a core stack of SQL and Python for ETL and ELT processes.
• Work with tools like Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Document and structure work to enhance AI model evaluation.
• Operate on a UK business-hours rhythm while maintaining independent work.

Skills

SQL

Python

Tools

ETL/ELT

Orchestration

Streaming

Data Warehousing

Job description

Mercor is seeking UK-based data engineers to own and operate production-grade data pipelines. The role requires strong SQL and Python skills to support ETL/ELT processes and data warehousing initiatives.

You will collaborate with cross-domain experts to define tasks for AI model training, and work across Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, BigQuery, and cloud platforms. This remote contract role follows UK business hours with a 14 Sept–10 Oct 2026 window.