Engineering

Technical Writer

Mercor

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Contract

WorldwidePosted Oct 15$80–$85 per hour

Overview

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. This contract role involves reviewing AI-generated developer-facing writing (CLI help text, error messages, API documentation) against task briefs and writing guides, identifying technical accuracy issues, and rating quality.

What You’ll Do

Review AI-generated developer-facing writing against client briefs and style guides
Read diffs and terminal output to identify technical inaccuracies
Select preferred samples or flag unsuitable comparisons with written justification
Apply tags supporting quality verdicts
Pass calibration testing on known-answer test sets before live work

Requirements

Led developer documentation at a major tech company
Experience with CLI help text, error messages, and API reference documentation
Ability to evaluate technical accuracy of documentation
Prior experience rating AI-generated writing is a strong plus

Who Should Apply

Apply if you've shipped developer documentation (API refs, CLI help, error messages) at a tech company and can quickly spot when technical explanations are wrong, incomplete, or misleading. You should be comfortable making rapid judgments and justifying them in writing. This role will frustrate you if you need a stable long-term contract, prefer writing over reviewing, or lack hands-on familiarity with the tools and workflows you're evaluating.

Salary Insight

The rate of $80–$85/hour for a contract role is competitive for technical writing with specialized expertise (developer documentation, AI evaluation). The range suggests this scales with experience; rates are typically paid weekly and do not include benefits. With the stated 5 hours/day pilot phase, expect ~$2,000–$2,125 weekly during that period; longer engagements depend on client need and your performance.

About Mercor

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Required Skills

API documentationCLITechnical writingAI evaluationDeveloper tools

Compensation

$80–$85 per hour

Location: Worldwide
Engagement: Contract
Posted: Oct 15

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About Mercor

A marketplace placing specialists into paid remote contract work with AI companies. One profile and one AI interview, reused across every role you apply to.

How hiring works at Mercor →

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Application Tip

Lead with a specific example of developer documentation you've owned or reviewed — mention a bug you caught in a doc, an error message you improved, or a misalignment between API behavior and its reference that you identified. This role is fundamentally about spotting what's wrong with AI-generated text under time pressure; showing you have a track record of that judgment will set you apart. A portfolio link to your writing is good, but a story about catching a subtle technical error is better.

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