Michael N.

Key Skills

Software

Mercor

Appen

Don't disclose

Top Subject Matter

LLM evaluation

AI alignment

Rlhf Domain Expertise

Top Data Types

Text

Audio

Video

Document

Top Task Types

Tracking

RLHF

Red Teaming

Freelancer Overview

AI Model Training Specialist (Contract) — Mercor AI. Brings 7+ years of professional experience across legal operations, contract review, compliance, and structured analysis. Core strengths include Mercor, Appen, and Don't disclose. Education includes Master of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology (2021) and Bachelor of Science, Georgia State University (2017). AI-training focus includes data types such as Text, Audio, and Video and labeling workflows including Evaluation, Rating, and Tracking.

Labeling Experience

AI Model Training Specialist (Contract) — Mercor AI

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Evaluate and rank LLM outputs using structured criteria spanning reasoning quality, factual accuracy, coherence, and domain alignment. Drive RLHF workflows by producing high-quality structured evaluation feedback and surfacing edge-case failure modes. Perform annotation and QA on structured and multimodal datasets (text, audio, video) while following strict guideline compliance. • LLM response evaluation across reasoning, accuracy, coherence, and alignment dimensions • RLHF-oriented feedback production for model training and alignment loops • Hallucination detection and adversarial testing/prompt optimization • Multimodal annotation QA and guideline compliance for text, audio, and video

2024 - Present

ML Engineer / Bioinformatics Data Analyst — HatchWorks AI

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Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-driven analytics products and evaluation frameworks. Optimize model validation strategies, feature selection methods, and evaluation metrics to boost predictive performance. While the role is primarily ML engineering, the work includes building end-to-end pipelines intended for model evaluation and performance measurement on structured scientific and healthcare datasets. • Build ML pipelines supporting downstream model evaluation and benchmarking • Develop preprocessing/feature engineering workflows to improve training efficiency • Deploy data engineering workflows for structured scientific and healthcare datasets • Apply validation and evaluation metric optimization to improve model performance

2022 - 2024

Data Annotation & AI Specialist (Contract) | Appen | Remote

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2020 - 2021

Data Annotation & AI Specialist (Contract) — Appen

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Annotate and validate NLP, audio, and video datasets for AI training systems with consistent top-tier quality ratings. Conduct QA audits to identify edge cases that improve generalization and training accuracy. Evaluate AI outputs for contextual accuracy, clarity, and rubric compliance across multiple client verticals and refine annotation guidelines for ambiguous tasks. • NLP labeling/validation, plus audio and video dataset annotation • QA auditing with edge-case identification to improve model generalization • AI output evaluation against rubrics for accuracy, clarity, and compliance • Guideline refinement to increase annotation consistency across a team

2020 - 2021

Education

Work History