Data Scientist - AI Trainer

About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: Data Science Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $70–$120/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Design realistic, end-to-end data workflows that challenge today's best models.

Grade agent performance on complex scenarios in analytics and business intelligence . Build scenarios involving SQL analysis , dashboard builds , and A/B test design . Develop ETL/ELT pipelines , dbt models , and data quality monitoring .

Work on warehouse schema design and Airflow/Dagster DAGs . Collaborate asynchronously and work independently with a focus on long sessions. Qualifications Must-Have 3+ years as an analytics engineer, BI analyst, data scientist, or data engineer.

Working fluency in at least two of: advanced SQL , dbt , warehousing ( Snowflake , BigQuery , Redshift ), experimentation ( A/B tests ), pipeline orchestration ( Airflow , Dagster ), metric modeling, Python for analysis. Comfortable with data artifacts: SQL queries , dbt models , experiment readouts, dashboard specs, schema diagrams. Clear written communication; able to articulate reasoning and data decisions step by step.

Drawn to long-horizon, challenging problem sets rather than one-off microtasks. Compensation & Legal Hourly contractor Paid weekly via Stripe Connect Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) Upload resume AI interview based on your resume Submit form Resources & Support For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected] PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. #hiringmercor