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French Speech Audio Engineer
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a remote contract French Speech Audio Engineer at $50/hour to prepare French voice recordings for text-to-speech and speech AI systems. The work covers audio cleanup, technical quality checks, and assessing pronunciation and fluency. Native or near-native French and hands-on restoration software experience are required.
Pay:
$50 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Edit and clean French voice recordings for TTS and speech AI
- Perform noise reduction, de-essing, de-clicking and breath removal
- Run QA checks for clipping, distortion and loudness
- Evaluate French pronunciation, naturalness and fluency
- Collaborate on French speech datasets and model training
Requirements summary:
- Native or near-native French with strong listening skills
- Experience editing speech or voice recordings
- Hands-on use of iZotope RX, Pro Tools or similar
- Knowledge of speech audio quality standards
- Experience with high-volume audio datasets
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Job details
| Department | Quality assurance |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | French, English |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
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Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
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- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
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Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
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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: Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) – French
Type: Contract
Compensation: $50/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Edit and process French voice recordings for use in TTS and speech AI systems.
- Perform audio cleanup including silence trimming, breath reduction/removal, de-clicking, de-essing, and noise reduction.
- Conduct detailed quality assurance checks for clipping, distortion, background noise, and loudness consistency.
- Ensure audio meets strict technical specifications for ML training pipelines.
- Evaluate recordings for French pronunciation accuracy, naturalness, and fluency.
- Collaborate with teams on French speech datasets, voice talent recordings, and model training workflows.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Native or near-native French speaker with strong listening intuition for French speech nuances.
- Experience editing speech or voice recordings.
- Strong understanding of speech audio quality standards.
- Hands-on experience with iZotope RX, Pro Tools, or similar audio restoration software.
- Ability to identify and fix artifacts, inconsistencies, and technical defects in audio.
- Experience working with high-volume audio datasets.
Preferred
- Experience working with TTS vendors or platforms.
- Prior involvement in speech ML, voice AI, or dataset creation/annotation workflows.
- Familiarity with audio QA pipelines, labeling, or evaluation processes.
- Experience directing or editing French voice talent recordings.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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