Remote Data Engineer

Role Overview Turing, a San Francisco-based AI research accelerator and enterprise AI partner, is hiring experienced Data Engineers and Data Scientists for benchmark-driven evaluation projects. This is a remote contractor role where you will work on real-world data engineering and data science workflows to help assess and improve the capabilities of advanced AI systems. If you have a strong foundation in Python, data pipelines, and machine learning workflows, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge frontier AI research. 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 AI evaluation and benchmarking workflows - Perform data processing, analysis, feature preparation, and validation for data science use cases - Write, run, and modify Python code to process data and support experiments in a local environment - Evaluate data quality, transformations, and outputs for correctness and reproducibility - Create clean, well-documented, and reusable data workflows suitable for AI benchmarking purposes - Participate in code reviews to maintain high standards of code quality and maintainability - Collaborate with researchers and engineers to design 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 fundamentals and data science concepts - Experience working with both structured and unstructured data - Ability to understand, navigate, and modify complex real-world codebases - Proven ability to write readable, reusable, maintainable, and well-documented code - Strong problem-solving skills with experience in algorithmic or data-intensive challenges - Excellent spoken and written English communication skills Why Join Us Turing offers a fully remote freelance environment where you can work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside some of the world's leading large language model companies. This is a rare chance to be at the forefront of frontier AI development while building valuable experience in AI benchmarking and evaluation.

- Minimum 3 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Science, or data-focused Software Engineering - Strong Python programming skills for data workflows - Experience with data pipelines, processing, and analysis - Solid understanding of machine learning and data science fundamentals - Ability to work with structured and unstructured datasets - Skill in navigating and modifying complex real-world codebases - Experience writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code - Strong problem-solving and analytical skills - Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken - Availability of at least 4 hours per day with minimum 20 hours per week and 4-hour overlap with PST

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