Music Producer - Audio Evaluation

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experienced musicians to evaluate generative musical AI models in collaboration with a leading AI lab. You will assess model outputs across different categories of music in your bilingual language and contribute to structured taxonomy annotations.

Ideal candidates have at least 3+ years in music production or audio engineering, a music degree, and native or near-native proficiency in Dutch and English. This part-time role requires 10+ hours per week with immediate start.

Qualifications

• Experience writing music and lyrics; knowledge of performance and theory.
• Familiarity with evaluating AI-generated music outputs.
• Ability to rate and describe music using music-technical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI model output lyrics, voice generation, and other standards.
• Score quality of musical training data.
• Experience writing music in the domain language listed in the title.
• Understand directions in English.
• Rate AI-generated music samples on musicality, creativity, prompt adherence, vocal quality, and production/mix quality.
• Annotate songs with genre, song structure, and vocal/instrumental features using a structured taxonomy.

Skills

Music production

Audio engineering

Lyric writing

Dutch/English

Music theory

Education

Music degree

Job description

Mercor is hiring experienced Musicians to evaluate generative musical AI models in partnership with a leading AI lab.

You will assess model outputs across in different categories of music in your bilingual language.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI model output lyrics, voice generation, and other standards

• Score quality of musical training data

• Experience writing music in the domain language listed in the title

• Able to understand directions in English language

• Rate AI-generated music samples head-to-head on musicality, creativity, prompt adherence, vocal quality, and production/mix quality, using audio-engineering terminology

• Annotate songs in detail: genre/sub-genre classification, song structure, vocal/instrumental characteristics via a structured taxonomy

Ideal Qualifications

• Experience working as a music producer, audio engineer, and/or sound mixer for at least 3+ years

• Evidence of understanding musical performance, theory, and lyrics

• College degree in music, involving both performance, theory, and lyrics

• Past experience writing lyrical music in the domain language listed in the title

• Native or near-native proficiency in both Dutch and English

Project Timeline

• Start Date: Immediate

• Duration: Up to 6 months

• Commitment: Part-time, 10+ hours per week

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