German AI Linguist — Part-Time (Remote)

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experienced German Linguistic Experts to contribute to an AI research project focused on evaluating and curating German linguistic data for language models. You will work on high-quality German content, ensuring accuracy and cultural appropriateness across translations, summaries, and dialogue tasks.

The role emphasizes precise linguistic annotation, error identification, and collaboration with AI researchers, with a distributed remote team setup and part-time commitment.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native fluency in German.
• Professional experience in translation, editing, linguistic annotation, or NLP data work in German.
• Strong understanding of German nuances, regional variations, and context-appropriate usage.
• Professional fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated German text across use cases (translation, summarization, dialogue, grammar).
• Edit, refine, or rewrite German content to meet linguistic and cultural standards for German audiences.
• Annotate German text for grammatical, syntactic, and semantic features.
• Identify model errors and language gaps, and collaborate with AI researchers to improve LLM performance.
• Provide detailed linguistic feedback and analysis to guide training efforts.

Skills

German fluency

English fluency

Linguistic annotation

Translation/editing

Job description

Mercor is seeking experienced German Linguistic Experts to contribute to an AI research project focused on evaluating and curating German linguistic data for language models. You will work on high-quality German content, ensuring accuracy and cultural appropriateness across translations, summaries, and dialogue tasks.

The role emphasizes precise linguistic annotation, error identification, and collaboration with AI researchers, with a distributed remote team setup and part-time commitment.