Icelandic Language QA Lead

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling. OpenTrain AI hires and contracts contributors for specialized projects, helping people develop experience teaching and evaluating AI while building a lasting professional profile.

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• Remote AI training and data-labeling opportunities
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About AI Language Training

AI training is the human work behind modern artificial intelligence. Language specialists review model responses, evaluate instruction-following, identify unnatural or inaccurate phrasing, and provide feedback that helps AI systems communicate more effectively.

As an Icelandic Language QA Lead, you will apply advanced language judgment to text evaluation and reviewer quality. Your work will help maintain reliable standards for Icelandic AI projects while supporting the people who prepare and assess training data.

• Work remotely with AI-generated text and human quality reviews
• Apply language, cultural, and rubric-based judgment
• Help improve how AI systems understand and produce Icelandic

The Role

OpenTrain AI is seeking an Icelandic Language QA Lead to oversee quality, consistency, and trainer performance across Icelandic AI training projects. You will review AI-generated Icelandic content and trainer QA work, assess results against project guidelines, and provide precise written feedback.

The role includes checking accuracy, fluency, grammar, spelling, tone, cultural appropriateness, meaning preservation, instruction-following, formatting, and rubric adherence. You will also identify recurring issues, communicate updates, support onboarding, maintain documentation, and help keep contributor activity on track.

• Remote contractor role
• Iceland hiring location
• Part-time engagement requiring 20+ hours per week
• Intermediate-level role with mid to senior responsibility
• Hourly pay up to $60 USD

What You'll Do

You will combine hands-on Icelandic review with quality leadership. Your feedback should be clear, specific, and actionable for trainers and QAs working against detailed language standards.

• Review Icelandic AI training outputs and trainer QA work for quality and consistency.
• Evaluate content against project-specific rubrics and language guidelines.
• Provide written feedback on grammar, spelling, tone, terminology, and cultural fit.
• Identify mistranslation, unnatural phrasing, awkward calques, hallucinated claims, and terminology issues.
• Communicate workflow updates and expectations to trainers and QAs.
• Maintain style guides, FAQs, trackers, examples, honeypots, and onboarding materials.
• Support contributor onboarding and training calls.
• Identify recurring gaps and help improve scalable Icelandic QA workflows.
• Help keep contributor activity aligned with project expectations.

Required Qualifications

This role requires strong Icelandic language expertise, careful attention to detail, and the ability to explain quality decisions in English. Professional experience may come from writing, editing, translation, localization, content QA, AI training, education, annotation, or related review work.

• Native or near-native Icelandic proficiency with strong reading, writing, and editing ability.
• Strong English communication skills for guidelines, feedback, and team coordination.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in a relevant Icelandic language or review field.
• Strong knowledge of Icelandic grammar, declensions, punctuation, register, and cultural context.
• Ability to evaluate work against detailed rubrics and style guides.
• Experience reviewing translation, localization, or AI training outputs.
• Comfort supporting remote trainer or QA workflows.
• Familiarity with Discord, Google Sheets, Google Docs, trackers, dashboards, and project management tools.

Helpful Background

Experience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, reviewers, editors, or QAs is strongly preferred. Experience with AI training, large language models, prompt or response evaluation, or rubric-based LLM QA will also be valuable.

• Degree in Icelandic, linguistics, translation, communications, journalism, English, education, quality assurance, or a related field
• Background in Icelandic writing, editing, localization, or language quality assurance
• Experience coordinating distributed contributors or maintaining review documentation
• Interest in how large language models learn language and follow instructions

How to Apply

Create a free OpenTrain account, build your profile around your Icelandic language and QA experience, and apply through OpenTrain. Highlight relevant writing, editing, translation, localization, AI evaluation, rubric-based review, and remote team support experience.

• Apply remotely through OpenTrain AI
• Showcase Icelandic and English language capabilities
• Emphasize quality leadership and reviewer feedback experience
• Include relevant AI training, translation, localization, or editing work