Database Systems Expert - PhD

<strong>About The Job<br><br></strong><strong>Mercor</strong> connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include <strong>Benchmark</strong>, <strong>General Catalyst</strong>, <strong>Peter Thiel</strong>, <strong>Adam D'Angelo</strong>, <strong>Larry Summers</strong>, and <strong>Jack Dorsey</strong>.<br><br><strong>Position:</strong> Database Systems Evaluation Expert<br><br><strong>Type:</strong> <strong>Contract<br><br></strong><strong>Compensation:</strong> <strong>$2200 per task<br><br></strong><strong>Location:</strong> <strong>Remote<br><br></strong><strong>Role Responsibilities<br><br></strong><ul><li>Design challenging, self-contained database engineering tasks.</li><li>Build checks for correctness, failure handling, concurrency, retries, and regressions.</li><li>Evaluate performance measures such as latency, throughput, and memory use.</li><li>Write clear grading criteria for engineering judgment.</li><li>Collaborate with technical reviewers to refine and validate tasks.<br><br><br></li></ul><strong>Qualifications<br><br></strong><strong>Must-Have<br><br></strong><ul><li>5+ years of hands-on database-engine internals experience or a database-systems PhD.</li><li>Deep experience with storage engines, query execution, optimization, transactions, replication, or related low-latency systems.</li><li>Strong implementation skills and clear explanations of correctness and performance tradeoffs.<br><br><br></li></ul><strong>Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)<br><br></strong><ul><li>Complete a self-paced technical assessment with recorded verbal responses and a coding exercise.</li><li>Use a laptop or desktop with a camera, microphone, and entire-screen sharing.</li><li>Have your own editor and terminal ready, along with Python 3.8+ and a compiler for C, C++, Rust, Go, or Java.</li><li>The assessment includes a starter kit and public tests.</li><li>Complete the assessment independently, without outside AI assistance.<br><br><br></li></ul><strong>Resources & Support<br><br></strong><ul><li>For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com<br><br><br></li></ul><em>PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.</em>

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