Data Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
Position:

Data Engineer (Coding Agent Experience)
Type:

Hourly Contract (Part-Time)
Compensation:

$80/hour
About the Opportunity
This opportunity is for experienced

Data Engineers

interested in contributing to advanced AI research and evaluation projects focused on frontier AI coding models.
The role involves evaluating AI-generated data engineering implementations, assessing engineering quality, and applying real-world data engineering expertise to improve the performance of next-generation AI coding agents.
Responsibilities
Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex data engineering tasks.
Review AI-generated implementations involving

ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses, analytics platforms, distributed data systems, and data infrastructure .
Identify bugs, edge cases, scalability issues, performance bottlenecks, and failure modes.
Compare outputs from multiple AI coding models and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses.
Apply skilled engineering judgment to realistic data engineering scenarios.




Provide structured technical feedback to improve AI-generated data engineering solutions.
Collaborate with technical reviewers to maintain consistent evaluation standards.
Required Qualifications
2+ years of professional Data Engineering experience.
Experience building

ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses, analytics platforms, distributed data systems, or large-scale data infrastructure .
Strong proficiency in

SQL ,

Python , and one or more modern data engineering technologies.
Experience with data processing frameworks such as

Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, Kafka, dbt, Hadoop , or similar technologies.
Regular experience using AI coding tools such as

Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI , or similar coding agents.
Strong understanding of data architecture, pipeline design, data modeling, and performance optimization.
Ability to evaluate AI-generated data engineering implementations and id

📌 Data Engineer (Mumbai)
🏢 Synthires
📍 Mumbai