Database Systems Evaluation Expert

About the role

Applications close Friday, October 16, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific. We are selecting the first three applicants who qualify for the initial pilot.

Build real-world tasks that test how well AI agents handle database engineering. Depending on your specialty, your task may cover database-engine implementation, production diagnosis, or application migration.

Each task should include a clear problem statement, a reproducible repository or environment, a working reference solution, tests, and grading criteria that distinguish a robust engineering solution from one that only appears correct.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Scope of Work

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

What you’ll bring

• At least five 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.
• DBA, SQL analytics, ETL, or application-only database experience does not qualify on its own. You do not need to specialize in every task area.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Go is preferred.

Benefits

Not provided in the source listing.

Schedule and availability

Approximately 25 hours for one selected task. Applications close 16 October 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific (19:00 UTC / 02:00 on 17 October in Vietnam). Task deadline: 30 October 2026; the task deadline time is unspecified.

Contract & Payment Terms

• Complete a self-paced technical assessment with written responses and a coding exercise. You control when to advance between sections. (~35 min)
• 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.
• Please apply as soon as possible. We will select the first three qualifying applicants. If the pilot fills, completed assessments may be considered for future work if the project expands.
• Selected experts will complete one task, with approximately 25 hours of work, followed by technical review and feedback.
• Task deadline: Friday, October 30, 2026.

Where you can work

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