Telugu Language Consultant

Role Overview Mercor is partnering with a leading AI startup to engage a Telugu-language expert for a project focused on improving AI-generated content through image and video generation. As a Linguistic Expert, you will help refine the model’s understanding and production of visual output based on Telugu language prompts, ensuring outputs are accurate, natural, and culturally aligned.

 This opportunity is ideal for someone excited to experiment with frontier AI systems such as Gemini’s image and video tools, exploring how they interpret complex linguistic and cultural inputs. You’ll contribute to identifying and documenting failure modes and edge cases that help improve future model performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, evaluate, and refine AI-generated images and videos based on Telugu prompts for accuracy, relevance, and fluency.

• Provide linguistic and cultural feedback to improve model understanding.

• Identify and correct subtle linguistic and cultural nuances in AI-generated outputs.

• Experiment with Gemini and other multimodal AI tools to test prompt effectiveness and output quality.

• Document failure modes and inconsistencies to inform model refinement.

• Collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to enhance overall system behavior.

Ideal Qualifications

• Full professional fluency in Telugu and English.

• Strong understanding of regional Telugu dialects, idioms, and expressions.

• Familiarity with Telugu and Indian cultural, social, and linguistic diversity.

• Up-to-date awareness of contemporary Telugu and Indian media and popular culture.

• Interest in AI creativity tools and curiosity about how models interpret linguistic prompts visually.

• Excellent communication skills and keen attention to detail.

More About the Opportunity

• Start Date: Immediate

• Duration: 5 weeks (with potential extension)

• Commitment: Part-time, at least 10 hours/week

Application Process

• Submit your resume or profile highlighting relevant linguistic and cultural expertise.

• Shortlisted candidates may complete a brief skills evaluation or language sample.

• Expect to hear back from Mercor within a few days regarding next steps.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.