Remote Data Engineer for Frontier AI Pipelines

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 454,608 - 647,472; Part time

Job summary

Obsidian is seeking contributors for a project with a leading AI research lab focused on evaluating frontier AI coding models. You'll complete and assess complex data engineering tasks using AI coding agents.

The role requires at least 2 years of experience in data engineering and familiarity with ETL pipelines and data systems. Compensation is project-based, with $400 per accepted task, typically taking 2–3 hours to complete.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional data engineering experience.
• Experience with ETL pipelines and data warehouses.
• Familiarity with AI coding agents.

Responsibilities

• Use AI coding agents for complex data engineering tasks.
• Review model-generated implementations.
• Identify bugs and scalability issues.

Skills

Data engineering experience

Building ETL pipelines

Using AI coding agents

Evaluating model-generated implementations

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Windsurf

Gemini CLI

Job description

Obsidian is seeking contributors for a project with a leading AI research lab focused on evaluating frontier AI coding models. You'll complete and assess complex data engineering tasks using AI coding agents.

The role requires at least 2 years of experience in data engineering and familiarity with ETL pipelines and data systems. Compensation is project-based, with $400 per accepted task, typically taking 2–3 hours to complete.