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English Language and Literature Expert

Mercor is seeking experienced English Linguistic Experts to join a cutting-edge AI research project in partnership with a leading research lab.

Remote$50 per hour
Hiring companyMercor
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About the role

This role centers on evaluating how effectively a large language model (LLM) performs in English-language tasks and on curating high-quality English linguistic data to train and improve the model’s understanding and generation capabilities.

Why Join

  • Contribute to cutting-edge AI research in partnership with a leading research lab.
  • Work on high-impact projects that directly support the development of advanced AI systems.
  • Gain hands-on exposure to state-of-the-art AI research and development.
  • Work fully remotely with flexible, asynchronous hours.
  • Join a fast-moving project where your expertise and judgment can have a meaningful impact.

Contract and Payment Terms

  • You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
  • This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
  • Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
  • Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated English text across various use cases (e.g., summarization, dialogue, grammar correction, rewriting, and reasoning).
  • Edit, refine, or rewrite English content to meet high linguistic, stylistic, and cultural standards.
  • Annotate English text for grammatical, syntactic, semantic, and stylistic features.
  • Identify model errors, inconsistencies, and language gaps, and provide feedback to improve LLM performance.
  • Provide detailed linguistic feedback and analysis to guide ongoing model training efforts.

Required skills

  • Native or near-native fluency in English, with an excellent command of grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and stylistics.
  • Professional experience in editing, proofreading, writing, linguistic annotation, language evaluation, or NLP data work in English.
  • Strong understanding of linguistic nuances, regional variations, tone, and context-appropriate English usage.
  • Excellent ability to identify subtle grammatical errors, awkward phrasing, ambiguity, and unnatural language.
  • Strong attention to detail, analytical judgment, and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently in a distributed, remote environment.

Preferred skills

  • Interest in AI and LLM-driven language technologies is preferred but not required.

Eligibility

Work arrangement: Fully remote

  • Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

Compensation details

$50 per hour.

  • Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
More about the hiring companyMercor
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