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Organization: Mercor

Position: Data Engineer

Referral Partner: Crossing Hurdles

Type: Full-time Position

Compensation: $20,000–$100,000/year

Location: Remote

Duration: Permanent

Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided)

• Build robust data pipelines to ingest, transform, and consolidate data from diverse sources including MongoDB, Airtable, PostHog, and production databases
• Design dbt models and transformations to unify disparate data tables into clean, production-ready schemas
• Implement scalable, fault-tolerant workflows using Fivetran, dbt, SQL, and Python
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to ensure data availability, accuracy, and usability
• Own data quality and reliability across the entire data stack from ingestion to consumption
• Continuously improve pipeline performance, monitoring, and scalability

Requirements

• Proven experience in data engineering with strong proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience using modern data stack tools like Fivetran, dbt, Snowflake, or similar platforms
• Skilled in building and maintaining large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines across heterogeneous data sources and platforms
• Strong understanding of data modeling, schema design, and transformation best practices
• Familiarity with data governance, monitoring, and quality assurance tools and processes
• Ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and operations teams
• Bonus: prior experience supporting machine learning workflows or analytics platforms
• Access to a desktop or laptop computer (Chromebooks are not supported)

Application Process (15 min)

• Upload resume
• Participate in AI interview (10 min)
• Submit form

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