Russian Linguistic Expert

About the Role

Mercor is seeking Russian Linguistic Experts to collaborate with a premier research laboratory on an advanced AI project. The primary objective is to evaluate and refine large language models (LLMs) focused on Russian-language tasks. By curating high-quality data, you will help improve the models' comprehension, translation accuracy, and creative output, ultimately ensuring machine-generated content achieves human-level fluency and cultural relevance.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate possesses native or near-native fluency in Russian, demonstrating an exceptional command of grammar, syntax, and stylistic nuance.
• You should have professional experience in areas such as translation, editing, linguistic annotation, or working with natural language processing data.
• A deep understanding of regional variations, registers, and context-appropriate usage is crucial for success in this role.
• Additionally, you must have professional fluency in English to effectively collaborate with the research team.
• Proficiency in spotting subtle errors and unnatural phrasing, along with a keen attention to detail, is required.
• Experience working within distributed remote teams and a general interest in AI-driven language technologies are highly valued traits.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for evaluating the quality and accuracy of text generated by large language models across a variety of use cases, including translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar correction.
• A significant portion of your work involves editing, refining, or rewriting Russian content to ensure it meets the cultural and linguistic standards expected by native speakers.
• Furthermore, you will annotate text for specific syntactic, semantic, and grammatical features.
• You will also be tasked with identifying model errors and language gaps, providing detailed feedback to AI researchers, and assisting in the ongoing iterative training efforts to improve overall model performance.

Benefits & Perks

• Joining this team allows you to contribute directly to cutting-edge AI research in collaboration with a leading lab.
• You will work on high-impact projects that shape the development of advanced systems while gaining hands-on exposure to state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology.
• It is an opportunity to be part of a fast-moving initiative where your professional judgment has a meaningful impact on project outcomes.