Mercor Is Hiring A Bilingual Italian Language Specialist

Join us as a Bilingual Italian Generalist Evaluator Expert to help improve AI language models with your linguistic expertise and cultural insights! 🌍🤖

Position

Bilingual Italian Generalist Evaluator Expert

Details

• Type: Contract
• Compensation: $25–$30/hour 💸
• Location: Remote 🏡
• Duration: 2–4 months
• Commitment: 20+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author Italian/English prompt-golden answer pairs to train and evaluate advanced language models.
• Create detailed prompts in Italian and/or English, ensuring natural phrasing and real-world relevance for Italian-speaking users in Switzerland and Italy contexts.
• Establish high-level expectations for correct responses and develop comprehensive rubrics that account for linguistic nuance, tone, and cultural conventions specific to these regions.
• Run prompts through models and assess preliminary outputs for accuracy, fluency, and cultural fit in Italian, comparing results against English where needed.
• Collaborate in QA review processes to ensure prompt tasks and rubrics meet rigorous standards, maintaining consistency and reliability across Italian-language benchmarks.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Native-level fluency in Italian (written), specific to Switzerland or Italy usage, with strong reading and writing ability in English.
• Must be native to Switzerland or Italy and have lived in or spent significant time in the country, with deep cultural and linguistic familiarity.
• BS or BA from a reputable institution (completed or in progress).
• Strong writing and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• Significant familiarity with ChatGPT or similar tools for personal decision-making, hobbies, or general interests.
• Based in Switzerland or Italy (or able to reliably produce culturally accurate Italian specific to these regions).

Preferred

• Experience in teaching, research, editing, or academic writing.
• Experience creating evaluation criteria, rubrics, or grading guidelines.
• Familiarity with LLMs, prompting, or model evaluation.