Bilingual Italian Language Specialist

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Bilingual Italian Generalist Evaluator Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $25$30/hour
Location: Remote
Duration: 24 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 rigor 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/writing ability in English.
• Must be native to Switzerland or Italy and have lived in or spent significant time in-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 Switzerland- or Italy-specific culturally accurate Italian).

Preferred

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

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

• Complete an AI-led interview (about 15 minutes).
• If approved complete a paid assessment focused on writing and rubric creation.
• Then if selected you will be invited to work on the project.

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