AI Benchmark Engineer | Native Language Specialist Arabic (UAE)

LILT; Abu Dhabi; Remote; AED 202,000 - 405,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Prompt payments

Work on impactful AI benchmarks

Global community of language experts

Job summary

LILT is building a rigorous verifiable evaluation suite to test multilingual software challenges and model robustness across non-English data processing. We seek experienced native-speaking software engineers to design, build, and validate benchmarks that avoid English translation crutches.

This remote freelance opportunity focuses on creating high-signal tasks, translating prompts, and developing reliable verifier scripts while participating in a multi-layer QA process.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry software engineering experience.
• Native or near-native fluency with high English proficiency.
• Strong proficiency in Python, shell scripting and data processing.

Responsibilities

• Task Engineering: Evaluating Coding Agents.
• Asset Creation: Build realistic task environments using datasets in your native language.
• Prompting & Translation: identify failure points where AI struggles in your native language.
• Implementation & Verification: develop robust reference implementations and deterministic verifier scripts.
• Calibration & Execution: analyze logs and tune task difficulty across model tiers.
• Quality Assurance: participate in 4-layer human QA plus automated checks for fairness and accuracy.

Skills

Python

Shell scripting

Data processing

Terminal/CLI workflows

Multilingual NLP

Education

Engineering degree from a top-tier university

Job description

About The Opportunity

We are building a rigorous verifiable evaluation suite of Terminal-Bench tasks designed to test the limits of large language models on multilingual software challenges. Our goal is to measure multilingual robustness across prompt language effects non-English data processing and complex locale/encoding edge cases in terminal workflows.

We are seeking experienced native-speaking software engineers to design build and validate these benchmarks. You will create high-signal high-quality tasks that genuinely test a models ability to handle multilingual environments without relying on English translation crutches.

Note this is a remote freelance opportunity

What Youll Deliver

• Task Engineering: Evaluating Coding Agents.

• Asset Creation: Build realistic task environments using datasets and files in your native language. Crucially these assets must remain in the target language to genuinely measure multilingual handling.

• Prompting & Translation: finding failure points where AI does not work in your native language

• Implementation & Verification: Support the development of robust solutions (reference implementations) and write highly reliable deterministic verifier scripts (using rubric-based judging only when strictly necessary).

• Calibration & Execution: Analyze execution logs and calibrate task difficulty (Easy to Very Hard) using standard Terminal-Bench run configurations against various model tiers (Haiku Sonnet Opus).

• Quality Assurance: Participate in a rigorous 4-layer human quality control process (creation human review calibration review and audit) alongside automated LLM-based checks to ensure fairness grammatical accuracy and benchmark integrity.

Qualifications

• Experience: 5 years of industry experience in software engineering.

• Background: Proven track record at leading technology companies and/or graduation from top-tier engineering universities.

• Language: Native or near-native fluency with a deep understanding of its grammar register and phrasing rules. High English proficiency.

• Technical Stack: Strong proficiency in Python standard shell scripting and data processing.

• Workflow: Extensive experience with Terminal/CLI-based development workflows and a working familiarity with coding agents.

• Domain Expertise: Deep technical understanding of multilingual text processing pitfalls including:

• Encoding/decoding robustness and Unicode normalization.

• Locale-dependent conventions (collation casing non-Gregorian dates).

• Text I/O toolchain interoperability and safe string operations.

• (For specific languages) Bidirectional/RTL handling font fallbacks and rendering/typography in UI or artifacts.

Why Collaborate with Lilt

• Your schedule your rules. As an independent contractor work when you want as much or as little as you want. No fixed hours no check-ins no micromanaging.

• Get paid quickly and fairly. We respect your time and your expertise. Competitive rates prompt payments no chasing invoices.

• Work on projects that actually matter. Contribute to cutting-edge AI and language technology that is shaping how humans and machines communicate.

• Be part of something bigger. Join a global community of linguists subject matter experts and language professionals who are advancing human knowledge together.

• Grow without limits. As a Lilt contractor you get access to diverse innovative projects that expand your portfolio and sharpen your skills across industries and domains.

• Have fun doing what you love. Bring your language skills to life on projects that are as interesting as they are are building a rigorous verifiable evaluation suite of Terminal-Bench tasks designed to test the limits of large language models on multilingual software challenges. Our goal is to measure multilingual robustness across prompt language effects non-English data processing and complex locale/encoding edge cases in terminal workflows.

What to Consider Before Applying

• Not ideal as a full time job or primary income source. Work availability fluctuates with project demand making this better suited as a supplemental income stream. As a 1099 contractor you wont receive benefits such as health insurance paid time off or retirement contributions and hours are not guaranteed.

• Requires reliable availability and commitment. Once you accept a task we expect quality work and on-time delivery. Most tasks require a minimum of 2 hours per day or 15-20 hours per week. If your schedule is unpredictable this may not be the right fit.

• Geographic restrictions may apply. We cannot engage contractors in regions subject to international embargo or sanctions. As a 1099 contractor you are solely responsible for your own tax obligations. We recommend consulting a tax professional before engaging.

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LILT is an equal opportunity employer. We extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to an individuals race religion color national origin ancestry sex sexual orientation gender identity age physical or mental disability medical condition genetic characteristics veteran or marital status pregnancy or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. We are committed to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.

Required Experience:

IC