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Purpose
We are seeking a highly experienced Linguistics professional consultant to serve as a consultant on AI training data projects for leading AI model builders and enterprises. Your focus will be to define success criteria, review outputs, and provide targeted guidance to improve quality and speed — directly contributing to the successful delivery of domain‑specific annotated datasets that meet the highest technical standards.
Responsibilities
- Define domain‑specific quality success metrics and develop SOPs, QA rubrics, and reference materials for each project.
- Review transcriptions, annotations, and language datasets against technical standards, flag defects and provide remediation notes.
- Perform structured QA passes on daily / weekly deliverables; trace, resolve defects quickly to hit delivery deadlines.
- Provide advisory input on tools, workflows, and processes to meet quality benchmarks and handle edge‑case scenarios such as rare dialects.
- Curate example libraries of “gold‑standard” linguistic data for calibration and comparability.
- Vetting and assessing contractor talent, reviewing sample work, and providing precise actionable feedback to improve outputs.
- Advise on technical scoping and requirements during project setup, including selection of annotation frameworks and language coverage specifications.
- Build dashboards or trackers with defect categories and recurrence to surface production insights, conduct post‑mortems, analyze defect trends, and propose process tweaks or training refreshers.
Target Profile
Advanced degree (ideally PhD) in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, or a closely related field with demonstrable research or industry impact.5+ years professional experience in linguistic analysis, annotation standards, and language data quality control.Proven ability to set, enforce, and maintain high technical standards in linguistic data creation projects.Strong communication skills for delivering clear technical guidance.Experience producing technical documentation, quality rubrics, or training resources.Ability to work within fixed project timelines and scope.Strong attention to detail, documentation discipline, and commitment to accuracy and consistency.Fluency in spoken and written English; additional language proficiency preferred.Job title : Linguistics Expert (SME)
Employment type : Contract
Workplace type : Remote
Seniority level : Senior Level
Pay range : $25‑to‑$100 per hour (exact rate determined by experience, expertise, and geographic location). As a contractor you’ll supply a secure computer and high‑speed internet; company‑sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.
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