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Data System Engineer

Mercor
Full Timejunior
CAPosted March 11, 2026

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Job Description

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 Engineer

Type: Contract

Compensation: $60–$80/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Design and execute data collection studies with research and product teams to gather high-quality biosensor data.
  • Monitor and maintain large datasets, implementing robust data validation and cleaning processes for sensor streams like IMU, EMG, and optical sensors.
  • Debug and troubleshoot firmware and software issues to ensure reliable data acquisition from hardware sensors.
  • Optimize distributed compute workflows for metric computation and analysis across large datasets.
  • Build and maintain custom benchmarking tools and frameworks to evaluate and compare model performance on large datasets.
  • Leverage data visualization to aid decision-making.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, statistics, neuroscience, biomedical engineering, or related field.
  • 2+ years of experience with data extraction, manipulation, and visualization using Python and SQL.
  • Experience with hardware sensors and data collection infrastructure.
  • Experience with signal processing for time domain signals and/or medical imaging systems.
  • Experience managing large, high-dimensional datasets.
  • Strong debugging skills for data acquisition and firmware/software interfaces.
  • Experience with Javascript/Typescript for front-end UI development.
  • Experience with scientific computing packages like NumPy, SciPy, Pandas.
  • Experience with data visualization libraries such as Matplotlib, Pyplot, Seaborn, ggplot2.

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/welcome
  • For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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