German Language Specialist - Fully Remote

Mercor; Wien; Remote; EUR 40.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mercor is seeking experienced German Linguistic Experts to join a cutting-edge AI research project in partnership with a leading research lab. You will evaluate German-language outputs produced by an LLM and curate high-quality data to train the model.

The role emphasizes linguistic annotation, editorial rewriting, and feedback to improve model performance. You will collaborate with researchers in a distributed, remote setup and contribute to state-of-the-art language research.

Qualifikationen

• Native or near-native fluency in German with strong grammar, syntax, and stylistics.
• Professional experience in literary editing, copywriting, criticism, or NLP-related linguistic annotation in German.
• Understanding of literary complexity, tone, and regional language variations.
• Interest in AI, translation technologies, or LLM-driven language research.
• Impeccable attention to detail and ability to identify subtle translation errors.
• Strong written communication and experience working with remote teams.

Aufgaben

• Evaluate quality and accuracy of LLM-generated German text across various use cases.
• Edit, refine, or rewrite German content to meet linguistic, cultural, and literary standards.
• Annotate German texts for grammatical, syntactic, semantic, and stylistic features.
• Identify model errors and work with AI researchers to improve German performance.
• Provide detailed linguistic feedback to guide model training and evaluation.

Kenntnisse

German fluency

Linguistic editing

NLP annotation

Remote collaboration

Attention to detail

Jobbeschreibung

Mercor is seeking experienced German Linguistic Experts to join a cutting-edge AI research project in partnership with a leading research lab. This role centers on evaluating how effectively a large language model (LLM) performs in French-language tasks and on curating high-quality French linguistic data to train and improve the model's understanding and generation capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated German text across various use cases (e.g., translation, summarization, dialogue, grammar correction).

• Edit, refine, or rewrite German content to ensure it meets linguistic, cultural, and literary standards.

• Annotate German texts for grammatical, syntactic, semantic, and stylistic features.

• Identify model errors and linguistic shortcomings; collaborate with AI researchers to improve LLM performance in German.

• Provide detailed literary and linguistic feedback to guide ongoing model training and evaluation efforts.

You're a strong fit if you have:

• Native or near-native fluency in German, with excellent command of grammar, syntax, and stylistics.

• Professional experience in literary editing, copywriting, criticism, or NLP-related linguistic annotation in German.

• A strong understanding of literary complexity, tone, and genre-specific conventions, as well as regional language variations.

• Interest in AI, translation technologies, or LLM-driven language research (preferred but not required).

• Impeccable attention to detail and ability to identify subtle translation errors or unnatural phrasing.

• Strong written communication skills and experience working with remote, distributed teams.

Why Join

• Contribute to cutting-edge AI research in partnership with a leading research lab.

• Work on high-impact projects that directly support the development of advanced AI systems.

• Gain hands-on exposure to state-of-the-art AI research and development.

• Join a fast-moving project where your expertise and judgment can have a meaningful impact.