Remote Data Engineer

Role Overview Turing, a San Francisco-based global leader in frontier AI research acceleration, is hiring experienced Data Engineers and Data Scientists for benchmark-driven evaluation projects. This is a fully remote contractor role focused on real-world data engineering and data science workflows designed to evaluate and improve cutting-edge AI systems. If you have a strong foundation in Python-based data pipelines, data processing, and machine learning fundamentals, this is your opportunity to work at the forefront of AI development. Key Responsibilities - Work with structured and unstructured datasets to support SWE Bench-style evaluation and benchmarking tasks - Design, build, and validate data pipelines used in benchmarking and AI evaluation workflows - Perform data processing, feature preparation, analysis, and validation for data science use cases - Write, run, and modify Python code to process data and support AI experiments locally - Evaluate data quality, transformations, and outputs for correctness and reproducibility - Create clean, well-documented, and reusable data workflows suitable for AI benchmarking - Participate in code reviews to ensure high standards of quality and maintainability - Collaborate with researchers and engineers to design challenging real-world data engineering tasks for AI systems Required Qualifications - Minimum 3 years of experience as a Data Engineer, Data Scientist, or data-focused Software Engineer - Strong proficiency in Python for data engineering and data science workflows - Hands-on experience with data processing, analysis, and model-related workflows - Solid understanding of machine learning and data science fundamentals - Experience working with both structured and unstructured data - Ability to navigate, understand, and modify complex real-world codebases - Strong problem-solving skills including experience with algorithmic or data-intensive problems - Excellent spoken and written English communication skills Why Join Us Turing offers a fully remote freelancing environment where you can contribute to cutting-edge AI projects in collaboration with leading LLM companies worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to work on frontier AI research that has measurable real-world impact.

- Minimum 3 years of experience in data engineering, data science, or data-focused software engineering - Strong Python programming skills for data and ML workflows - Experience with data processing, analysis, and feature preparation - Knowledge of machine learning and data science fundamentals - Proficiency in working with structured and unstructured datasets - Ability to read, modify, and navigate complex production codebases - Experience writing readable, maintainable, and well-documented code - Strong algorithmic thinking and problem-solving skills - Excellent written and verbal English communication skills - Availability of at least 4 hours per day with 4-hour overlap with PST

- Fully remote work environment - Opportunity to work on frontier AI and LLM projects - Flexible contractor engagement - Referral earning program via turing.com/referrals