Bilingual German Education Expert

Role Description

Mercor is seeking native German speakers who are also education professionals based in Germany. This role combines your teaching and education expertise across a wide variety of different subjects with language mastery, helping train cutting-edge AI models in the education domain.

You will leverage your background in education, alongside your bilingual communication skills, to create accurate, culturally nuanced, and technically precise content that reflects real-world education usage in German.

Role Responsibilities

• Education Content Development: Translate, adapt, and synthesize complex nuances in education workflows and processes in Germany, reflecting curriculum standards and pedagogy across different educational domains.
• Bilingual Communication: Write fluently in both German and English, ensuring precise education terminology and nuanced expression across languages.
• Domain Expertise: Provide cultural insights specific to the German education system, including assessment, classes, norms at school, and more.
• Collaboration: Work closely with reviewers and peers to refine content, validate accuracy, and align outputs with educational standard practices in Germany.

Qualifications

• Language Skills: Native-level fluency in German with strong written and spoken English.
• Education: Advanced degree in Teaching, Pedagogy, or a related field.
• Experience: 2–6+ years of professional experience teaching in Germany.
• Analytical Abilities: Excellent writing, analytical, and communication skills. Experience delivering and creating assessments to students is highly desired.
• Nice to Haves:
• Experience with rubric development is a plus.
• Familiarity with generative AI models or machine learning concepts is a bonus, but not required.

Requirements

• This is a remote and asynchronous role — work on your own schedule.
• Expect to contribute at least 20 hours per week.
• Expect a commitment of around 2 months.
• You’ll be working in a structured project environment with clear goals and tools.

Application and Onboarding Process

• Submit your resume.
• Complete an AI-led interview to assess language ability and professional experience. This should take around 15 minutes.
• If selected, you’ll take a follow-up AI-led interview to assess your professional background.
• You’ll then complete a paid work trial to determine if this type of work is suited for you.
• After that, you’ll receive feedback and be onboarded to the project.