English Language Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $50/hr

Mercor; Toronto; Remote; CAD 81,000 - 115,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. A fully remote English Language and Literature Expert role offers flexible collaboration with teams across borders.

The position requires native or near-native English, editing and linguistic annotation experience, and strong attention to detail. You will evaluate and refine LLMS outputs, annotate text, and provide feedback to improve model performance in a distributed remote environment.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native fluency in English with strong grammar and vocabulary.
• Experience in editing, proofreading, writing, linguistic annotation, language evaluation, or NLP data work in English.
• Understanding of linguistic nuances, regional variations, tone, and context-appropriate English usage.
• Ability to identify subtle grammatical errors, awkward phrasing, ambiguity, and unnatural language.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical judgment, and written communication.
• Ability to work independently in a distributed, remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate quality and accuracy of LLM-generated English text across various use cases.
• Edit, refine, or rewrite English content to meet high linguistic, stylistic, and cultural standards.
• Annotate English text for grammatical, syntactic, semantic, and stylistic features to enhance model understanding.
• Identify model errors, inconsistencies, and language gaps, providing feedback to improve LLM performance.
• Provide detailed linguistic feedback and analysis to guide ongoing model training efforts.

Skills

Native English

Editing experience

Linguistic annotation

Detail-oriented

Written communication

Remote work

Job description

About The Job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position

English Language and Literature Expert

Contract Type

Contract

Compensation

$50/hour

Location

Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated English text across various use cases such as summarization, dialogue, grammar correction, rewriting, and reasoning.
• Edit, refine, or rewrite English content to meet high linguistic, stylistic, and cultural standards.
• Annotate English text for grammatical, syntactic, semantic, and stylistic features to enhance model understanding.
• Identify model errors, inconsistencies, and language gaps, providing feedback to improve LLM performance.
• Provide detailed linguistic feedback and analysis to guide ongoing model training efforts.

Must-Have

• Native or near-native fluency in English, with an excellent command of grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and stylistics.
• Professional experience in editing, proofreading, writing, linguistic annotation, language evaluation, or NLP data work in English.
• Strong understanding of linguistic nuances, regional variations, tone, and context-appropriate English usage.
• Excellent ability to identify subtle grammatical errors, awkward phrasing, ambiguity, and unnatural language.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical judgment, and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a distributed, remote environment.

Preferred

• Interest in AI and LLM-driven language technologies.

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [e-mail]