Music Audio Expert - Japanese

Mercor is hiring experienced Musicians to evaluate generative musical AI models in partnership with a leading AI lab.

You will assess model outputs across in different categories of music in your bilingual language.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI model output lyrics, voice generation, and other standards

• Score quality of musical training data

• Experience writing music in the domain language listed in the title

• Able to understand directions in English language

• Rate AI-generated music samples head-to-head on musicality, creativity, prompt adherence, vocal quality, and production/mix quality, using audio-engineering terminology

• Annotate songs in detail: genre/sub-genre classification, song structure, vocal/instrumental characteristics via a structured taxonomy

Ideal Qualifications

• Experience working as a music producer, audio engineer, and/or sound mixer for at least 3+ years

• Evidence of understanding musical performance, theory, and lyrics

• College degree in music, involving both performance, theory, and lyrics

• Past experience writing lyrical music in the domain language listed in the title

• Native or near-native proficiency in both Japanese and English

Project Timeline

• Start Date: Immediate

• Duration: Up to 6 months

• Commitment: Part-time, 10+ hours per week

Application & Onboarding

• Upload your resume and application form

• Complete a 25-minute conversational interview on your background, experience, and motivations

• Receive next steps and onboarding details within a few days

Apply today and put your musical expertise to work!

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.