Linguistic Expert: Arabic (UAE)

About this role

Mercor is hiring on behalf of a leading AI research lab to bring on a **Linguistic Experts – Arabic**. This is a part-time opportunity (10 hours per week) where you’ll contribute to improving AI systems by ensuring high-quality language coverage, accuracy, and cultural relevance for Hebrew as spoken in UAE. ### Role Overview As a Linguistic Expert, you’ll work closely with AI researchers and engineers to refine models’ understanding and generation of Arabic. Your expertise will ensure that AI outputs are grammatically correct, contextually relevant, and culturally appropriate. This role blends linguistic knowledge with hands-on evaluation and feedback, helping shape the next generation of language AI. ### Responsibilities - Review, evaluate, and annotate AI-generated text in Arabic - for accuracy, fluency, and cultural alignment. - Provide expert feedback on grammar, semantics, style, and tone. - Develop guidelines and documentation to improve consistency in AI outputs. - Collaborate with researchers to identify language-specific challenges and edge cases. - Suggest improvements for training datasets and linguistic rules. ### Requirements - **Fluency in both English and Arabic** (native-level proficiency in Arabic required). - Strong grasp 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, but not required.

Skills & domains

• ai-training
• rlhf
• sme
• annotation
• Language and Audio