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Database Engineer - Fully Remote | Up to $2200/task in Bombay, भारत

Mercor

  • RemoteWork from anywhere
  • ContractFixed-term or freelance

$ 2.200 per unit

Bombay, भारत

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: Database Systems Evaluation Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $2200 per task

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Design challenging, self-contained database engineering tasks .
  • Build checks for correctness , failure handling , concurrency , retries , and regressions .
  • Evaluate performance measures such as latency , throughput , and memory use .
  • Write clear grading criteria for engineering judgment .
  • Collaborate with technical reviewers to refine and validate tasks.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 5+ years of hands-on database-engine internals experience or a database-systems PhD .
  • Deep experience with storage engines , query execution , optimization , transactions , replication , or related low-latency systems.
  • Strong implementation skills and clear explanations of correctness and performance tradeoffs.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Complete a self-paced technical assessment with recorded verbal responses and a coding exercise.
  • Use a laptop or desktop with a camera, microphone, and entire-screen sharing.
  • Have your own editor and terminal ready, along with Python 3.8+ and a compiler for C , C++ , Rust , Go , or Java .
  • The assessment includes a starter kit and public tests.
  • Complete the assessment independently, without outside AI assistance.

Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check:
  • 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.

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