Data Engineer

Job summary

Responsibilities

We’re looking for someone who wants to bring a full-stack perspective to data. As a Software Engineer supporting our Data function, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining pipelines that enable our Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams, and the wider Mercor organization.

• Building robust pipelines to ingest, transform, and consolidate data from diverse sources (e.g., MongoDB, Airtable, PostHog, production databases).
• Designing dbt models and transformations to standardize and unify many disparate tables into clean, production-ready schemas.
• Implementing scalable, fault-tolerant data workflows with Fivetran, dbt, SQL, and Python.
• Partnering with engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to ensure data availability, accuracy, and usability.
• Owning data quality and reliability across the stack, from ingestion through to consumption.

What they're looking for

• Proven experience in data engineering, with strong knowledge of SQL, Python, and modern data stack tools (Fivetran, dbt, Snowflake or similar).
• Experience building and maintaining large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines across heterogeneous sources (databases, analytics platforms, SaaS tools).
• Strong understanding of data modeling, schema design, and transformation best practices.
• Familiarity with data governance, monitoring, and quality assurance.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with engineering, product, and operations teams.

Tech stack

• dbt
• SQL
• Python
• Snowflake