Russian Linguistics Specialist – AI Trainer

Job overview

The Russian Linguistics Specialist – AI Trainer is a remote contract role for candidates based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a stated commitment of 10–20 hours per week. Compensation is $50 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The specialist transcribes and improves Russian audio and video content, produces written outputs in Russian and English, and helps establish evaluation standards. The role tests model outputs and supports quality assurance for Russian-language datasets and benchmarks in collaboration with project leads.

What you'll do

• Transcribe and optimize Russian audio and video content
• produce written outputs in Russian and English
• develop evaluation standards and rubrics for Russian and English audio
• test models and evaluate outputs
• provide feedback on Russian tasks
• support dataset and benchmark quality assurance
• collaborate with project leads to resolve ambiguities and improve task design.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

russian linguistics specialist

ai trainer

russian language

audio transcription

language evaluation

ai research

remote

san francisco bay area

mercor

$50 per hour

10–20 hours weekly

russian and english

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Remote work is limited to candidates based in the San Francisco Bay Area; 10–20 hours per week; college students and recent graduates are listed as preferred candidates.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.