German Language Specialist for AI Research (Remote)

Obsidian; Toronto; Remote; CAD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experienced German Linguistic Experts to join a cutting-edge AI research project. The role focuses on evaluating LLM performance in German-language tasks and curating high-quality German linguistic data to train and improve model understanding and generation capabilities. You will edit, annotate, and provide linguistic feedback while collaborating with AI researchers across a distributed team.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native German with excellent grammar, syntax and style.
• Experience in literary editing, copywriting, or NLP-related linguistic annotation in German.
• Attention to regional language variations and literary nuance.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated German text across translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar correction.
• 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 LLM German performance.
• Provide detailed literary and linguistic feedback to guide model training and evaluation.

Skills

German fluency

Editing & copywriting

NLP annotation

Attention to detail

Remote collaboration

Job description

Mercor is seeking experienced German Linguistic Experts to join a cutting-edge AI research project. The role focuses on evaluating LLM performance in German-language tasks and curating high-quality German linguistic data to train and improve model understanding and generation capabilities. You will edit, annotate, and provide linguistic feedback while collaborating with AI researchers across a distributed team.