Telugu Document Annotation Specialist

2 days ago

New York City, NY, United States Mercor Full-time

Job Description

Job Description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: PDF Annotation & Transcription Experts – Telugu
Type: Contract
Compensation: $13/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Source documents by finding publicly accessible Telugu PDFs with multimodal elements. Record the source of each document.
  • Annotate structure by identifying and bounding every meaningful region of the page. Assign each a component type and reading-order index.
  • Record relationships by linking each region to its parent component, such as a figure or table.
  • Transcribe text faithfully in Telugu script , including handwritten content. Flag any illegible regions.
  • Capture page metadata including language, document type, source, page dimensions, and flags for tables, formulas, and handwriting.
  • Review a colleague's work thoroughly. Experienced annotators take on end-to-end reviews.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Native fluency in Telugu , including full command of the script.
  • Experience with document annotation, transcription, or related fields.
  • Attention to detail with character-level accuracy.
  • Systematic approach to applying taxonomy across pages.
  • Comfort with unfamiliar layouts like multi-column newspapers and handwritten forms.

Preferred

  • Experience with regional-language AI data annotation or bilingual evaluation.
  • Skills in transcription, localization, and OCR correction .
  • Knowledge of Unicode normalization and Telugu input methods.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

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