Senior Data Scientist & AI Engineer (Remote, Contract)

Mercor; Auckland; A distancia; NZD 294.000 - 441.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Mercor is seeking a Senior Data Scientist and Data Engineering Expert for a remote contract opportunity. The role involves designing advanced data science and data engineering tasks, building ML pipelines, and conducting rigorous analyses with clear, well-documented results.

You will work independently to improve AI model performance, with a focus on reproducible assessments and high-quality deliverables. Collaboration with senior reviewers is expected.

Formación

• 4+ years of professional data science, data engineering, or machine learning experience.
• Strong command of Python, SQL, statistical modeling, machine learning, experimentation, and causal inference.
• Proven ability to turn messy real-world data into rigorous analyses and reliable pipelines.
• Excellent written English, including the ability to explain technical findings clearly.
• Bachelor's degree from an English-speaking country.
• Detail-oriented, consistent approach to evaluating complex work.

Responsabilidades

• Design data science and data engineering tasks, including exploratory analyses, statistical modeling, ML pipelines, ETL, and data pipeline design.
• Illustrate criteria for deliverables for data science and data engineering work.
• Apply evidence-based judgment to ensure assessments are reproducible and defensible.
• Take structured feedback from senior reviewers and iterate on submitted work.
• Train and evaluate frontier AI models using expertise from top tech, quantitative, or financial firms.
• Work independently and asynchronously to improve AI model performance.

Conocimientos

Data science

Data engineering

Machine learning

Python

SQL

Statistical modelling

Experimentation

Causal inference

English writing

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Descripción del empleo

Mercor is seeking a Senior Data Scientist and Data Engineering Expert for a remote contract opportunity. The role involves designing advanced data science and data engineering tasks, building ML pipelines, and conducting rigorous analyses with clear, well-documented results.

You will work independently to improve AI model performance, with a focus on reproducible assessments and high-quality deliverables. Collaboration with senior reviewers is expected.