Russian Language AI Linguist — Remote, $50/hr

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experienced Russian Linguistic Experts to join a cutting-edge AI research project, evaluating LLM performance in Russian and curating high-quality data to train the model.

You will edit, annotate, and analyze Russian content, collaborating with AI researchers to improve model understanding and generation, while contributing detailed linguistic feedback for ongoing training efforts.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native fluency in Russian with strong grammar and style.
• Experience in translation, editing, linguistic annotation, or NLP data work in Russian.
• Strong understanding of linguistic nuances and regional variations.
• Interest in AI and LLM-driven language technologies.
• Attention to detail and ability to spot errors.
• Clear communication and distributed remote teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated Russian text across use cases.
• Edit, refine, or rewrite Russian content to meet linguistic standards.
• Annotate Russian text for grammatical, syntactic, semantic features.
• Identify model errors and language gaps; collaborate with AI researchers.
• Provide detailed linguistic feedback to guide model training efforts.

Skills

Russian fluency

Translation experience

Linguistic annotation

NLP data work

Attention to detail

Distributed remote collaboration

Job description

Mercor is seeking experienced Russian Linguistic Experts to join a cutting-edge AI research project, evaluating LLM performance in Russian and curating high-quality data to train the model.

You will edit, annotate, and analyze Russian content, collaborating with AI researchers to improve model understanding and generation, while contributing detailed linguistic feedback for ongoing training efforts.