Linguistic Expert – French

Mercor is hiring on behalf of a leading AI research lab to bring on a Linguistic Expert – French (France). This is a part-time opportunity (10–20 hours per week, in person) at one of the following client offices: San Francisco, New York, Atlanta, London, or Singapore. You’ll contribute to improving AI systems by ensuring high-quality language coverage, accuracy, and cultural relevance for French as spoken in France. As a Linguistic Expert, you’ll collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to refine models’ understanding and generation of French, ensuring that outputs are grammatically correct, contextually appropriate, and culturally aligned.

Responsibilities

• Review, evaluate, and annotate AI-generated text in French (France) for accuracy, fluency, and cultural relevance.

• Provide expert feedback on grammar, semantics, style, and tone.

• Develop linguistic guidelines and documentation to improve consistency in AI outputs.

• Collaborate with research teams to identify language-specific challenges and nuances.

• Suggest enhancements to training datasets and language models.

Requirements

• Native-level proficiency in French (France) and fluency in English.

• Strong understanding of grammar, syntax, semantics, and stylistics.

• Ability to identify and correct subtle linguistic and cultural nuances.

• Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Translation, Literature, or related field (advanced degree a plus).

• Prior experience in linguistic annotation, translation, or content review preferred.

• Familiarity with AI, NLP, or language technologies is a bonus.

Why Join

• Contribute directly to cutting-edge AI research and development.

• Work in person (10–20 hours weekly) with a global, mission-driven team.

• Shape AI’s understanding of French language and culture.

• Help build language technology that better reflects human communication.