Linguistics Evaluation Specialist

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About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Contributors review examples, evaluate model responses, and provide feedback that helps AI systems become more accurate, useful, and aligned with real-world language.

• Work remotely with a computer and internet connection.
• Contribute to cutting-edge language model development.
• Use your existing language expertise without requiring prior AI experience.

The Role

OpenTrain AI is seeking a Linguistics Evaluation Specialist for a language model evaluation project. You will review conversations between humans and large language models and apply your linguistic expertise to assess response quality, instruction-following, clarity, accuracy, and completeness.

Your evaluations and recommendations will help improve how next-generation AI systems understand language, reason through requests, and communicate with users. This is a part-time contractor role for contributors based in the United States, with a commitment of at least 20 hours per week.

• Contractor position
• Part-time project
• United States-based
• 40–50 USD per hour
• At least 20 hours per week
• Immediate availability upon selection required

What You'll Do

You will make careful, nuanced judgments about language model outputs and document your findings clearly. The work combines rubric-based evaluation, linguistic analysis, and constructive communication with project coordinators.

• Review and analyze human–LLM conversation transcripts for accuracy, clarity, and completeness.
• Assess language model responses against well-defined instruction-following guidelines.
• Provide detailed, constructive written and verbal feedback on model output quality.
• Identify subtle errors and inconsistencies in grammar, usage, and context.
• Document findings and recommendations in clear, organized reports to support model improvements.
• Collaborate with project coordinators to clarify guidelines and address ambiguities.

Required Qualifications

The key qualification for this project is strong expertise in linguistics or language analysis. No prior AI experience is required, but you must be able to deliver precise, professional assessments in English and explain nuanced observations clearly.

• Native-level proficiency in U.S. English.
• Advanced academic background or extensive professional experience in linguistics, language analysis, or a related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in written communication.
• Ability to provide nuanced linguistic assessments in clear, professional English.
• Exceptional attention to detail, including the ability to identify subtle issues in grammar, usage, and context.
• Ability to provide both written and verbal feedback clearly and professionally.
• Availability to begin contributing immediately upon selection.
• Commitment to at least 20 hours per week.

Preferred Background

• Experience with guideline- or rubric-based evaluation.
• Strong generalist writing skills.
• Professional experience as a linguistic specialist.
• Ability to provide thoughtful written and verbal insights.

Why Join This Project

This project offers a direct opportunity to apply your language expertise to the development of advanced AI. Your careful assessments will help shape how language models respond, communicate, and perform in real-world conversations.

• Remote, flexible AI training work.
• Meaningful application of linguistics expertise.
• No previous AI experience required.
• Hourly contractor pay of 40–50 USD.