Remote Swahili Linguistic Expert for AI Research

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

Job summary

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

You will work with a distributed, remote team, applying native Swahili expertise and strong English skills to provide

Qualifications

• Native or near-native fluency in Swahili with strong grammar and syntax
• Professional experience in translation, editing, linguistic annotation, or NLP data work in Swahili
• Strong understanding of Swahili nuances, variations and context
• Professional fluency in English
• Interest in AI/LLM language technologies (preferred)
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to spot subtle errors or unnatural phrasing
• Clear communication and experience working in distributed, remote teams

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Swahili fluency

English fluency

Translation experience

Linguistic annotation

Job description

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

You will work with a distributed, remote team, applying native Swahili expertise and strong English skills to provide