Multilingual Food and Drink Expert

1. Role Overview

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab on a large-scale AI training initiative focused on improving culinary reasoning recipe generation ingredient knowledge and culturally grounded food analysis in advanced language models. Were seeking experienced Food and Drink experts to contribute by creating and evaluating food- and beverage-related prompts and responses.

This is a multilingual opportunity. We are specifically seeking experts who are fluent and deeply engaged in one or more of the following languages:

Japanese Chinese Korean Spanish Russian German Arabic Thai Tamil or Hindi.

Importantly we are not looking for translation ability alone. Candidates must have sustained hands-on engagement with food and drink within their linguistic and cultural context including familiarity with regional cuisines cooking techniques ingredients dining customs beverage traditions and culinary terminology.

This role is ideal for serious home cooks food writers culinary enthusiasts mixologists specialty coffee or tea experts fermentation hobbyists or dedicated food community participants who actively engage in culinary discourse in their language ecosystem.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Author realistic food and drink prompts spanning recipe development technique explanation ingredient substitutions regional cuisine analysis and beverage pairings

• Review and revise AI-generated responses for culinary accuracy cultural authenticity clarity and practical feasibility

• Write high-quality human-authored gold responses for nuanced cooking scenarios dietary constraints or culturally specific dishes

• Create controlled prompt variations that test subtle differences in ingredients equipment availability dietary needs regional adaptations or serving contexts

• Evaluate outputs across different tones (instructional conversational technical editorial) and instruction constraints

• Identify model failure cases involving incorrect techniques unsafe food handling advice unrealistic substitutions or culturally inaccurate representations of cuisines

3. Ideal Qualifications

• 2 years of sustained serious engagement with food and drink as a hobby or practice (e.g. cooking recipe development food writing beverage crafting culinary content creation participation in food communities)

• Active participation in culinary discourse within at least one of the following languages: Japanese Chinese Korean Spanish Russian German Arabic Thai Tamil or Hindi

• Strong familiarity with regional cuisines traditional techniques ingredient availability and dining customs within your language and cultural context

• Ability to clearly explain cooking processes flavor profiles and beverage pairings in the target language

• Strong written communication skills and thoughtful editorial judgment

4. More About the Opportunity

• Expected commitment: 1040 hours per week

5. Application Process

• Submit your resume portfolio or relevant culinary work to get started

• Complete a short form outlining your food and beverage background areas of focus and language proficiency

• We aim to follow up within a few days with next steps

6. About Mercor

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Our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Adam DAngelo and Jack Dorsey.

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