1. Role Overview
Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab on a large-scale AI training initiative focused on improving historical reasoning, source-based analysis, and culturally grounded interpretation in advanced language models. We’re seeking experienced History experts to contribute by creating and evaluating history-related prompts and responses.
This is a multilingual opportunity. We are specifically seeking experts who are fluent and deeply engaged in one or more of the following languages:
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, German, Arabic, Thai, Tamil, or Hindi.
This role is adecuado for serious history enthusiasts, independent researchers, writers, educators, archivists, or dedicated hobbyists who actively study and discuss history in their language ecosystem.
2. Key Responsibilities
- Author realistic history prompts spanning historical analysis, historiographical comparison, primary source interpretation, timelines, and cause-and-effect reasoning
- Review and revise AI-generated responses for factual accuracy, nuance, contextual depth,
and cultural authenticity
- Write high-quality human-authored “gold” responses for complex or interpretive historical questions
- Create controlled prompt variations that test subtle differences in time period, geographic region, political context, or historiographical framing
- Evaluate outputs across different tones (academic, explanatory, narrative) and instruction constraints
- Identify model failure cases involving anachronisms, oversimplification, biased framing, or culturally inconsistent interpretations
3. Ideal Qualifications
- 2+ years of sustained, serious engagement with history as a hobby or scholarly pursuit (e.g., independent study, historical writing, archival work, participation in history forums or reading groups)
- Active participation in historical discourse within at least one of the following languages: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, German, Arabic, Thai, Tamil, or Hindi
📌 Multilingual History Expert (Madrid)
🏢 Mercor
📍 Madrid