Language Specialist (English and Croatian)

Innodata Inc; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Innodata Inc is seeking a Language Specialist to join their GenAI team, focusing on training AI models to enhance language understanding. This role involves creating training datasets, annotating data, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates will possess strong writing skills and a bachelor's degree, with a passion for AI and language.

Benefits

Fully remote work environment

Collaborative culture

Competitive compensation package

Health, Dental & Vision benefits

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Career Development & Progression opportunities

Paid Vacation & Personal Days; and Sick days

Qualifications

• Language proficiency (CEFR C1 level or equivalent) in English and Native Proficiency in Polish.
• Ability to edit and improve technical communication across various fields.
• Adaptability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Creating training data sets for AI models.
• Annotating data to align AI models with human values.
• Analyzing and improving grammar and syntax of training data.

Skills

Excellent writing skills

Strong understanding of grammar

Attention to detail

Internet research skills

Creative thinking

Education

Completed bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job Title: Language Specialist

Location: Canada Remote (excluding Quebec)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Languages Required: English and Croatian

Who we are:

Innodata is a leading data engineering company. With more than 2,000 customers and operations in 13 cities around the world, we are an AI technology solutions provider-of-choice for 4 out of 5 of the world’s biggest technology companies, as well as leading companies across financial services, insurance, technology, law, and medicine.

By combining advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) technologies, a global workforce of subject matter experts, and a high-security infrastructure, we’re helping usher in the promise of AI. Innodata offers a powerful combination of both digital data solutions and easy-to-use, high-quality platforms.

Our global workforce includes over 7,000 employees in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Israel and Germany. We’re poised for a period of explosive growth over the next few years.

About the role:

At Innodata, we’re working on its next generation by helping clients expand the possibilities of what Large Language Models can achieve. And now, we’re looking for smart, savvy, and curious Language Specialists to join our team.

This is the role that writers and linguists dream about: you’ll be teaching the next generation of Large Language Models about what makes language special. We’re training generative AI in how to think, not just how to write.

This isn’t just a job: it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work on the frontlines of generative AI. There’s nothing more cutting-edge than this. Joining us means becoming an integral member of a global team shaping a high-quality, user-centric AI knowledge model that will be the foundation for the next wave of innovation in artificial intelligence. Keen to learn more?

What you’ll be doing:

As a Language Specialist on our GenAI team, you will be joining a truly global team of subject matter experts across a wide variety of disciplines and AI engineers and will be entrusted with a range of responsibilities. This will include:

• Creating training data sets for AI models that will help improve its accuracy, fluency, coherence and/or voice

• Annotating data to help AI models align with human values

• Analyzing and improving the grammar, syntax, and sentence structure of both expert-generated training data and AI model-generated text to ensure it adheres to linguistic rules and conventions.

• Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, researchers, and software engineers, to refine and iterate on the AI models.

• Contributing to evolving specifications for AI-model training and data recipes.

• Navigating a dynamic environment and adapting to shifting guidelines and flexible priorities.

• Achieve target KPIs, including daily job count, average handle time per job, and specified production hours

Minimum Qualifications

• Completed bachelor’s degree

• Language proficiency (CEFR C1 level or equivalent) in English and Native Proficiency in Polish.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent writing skills

• Strong understanding of grammar, syntax, and semantics

• Ability to edit and improve technical communication across a wide variety of technical fields

• Creative thinker

• Strong attention to detail

• Well-honed internet research skills

• Ability to embrace diverse teams

• Adaptability to thrive in a dynamic environment, with the agility to adjust to evolving guidelines and fluid priorities

What we offer:

• Fully remote work environment

• Collaborative culture – and key tools enabling it

• Competitive compensation package

• Health, Dental & Vision benefits

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Career Development & Progression opportunities

• Paid Vacation & Personal Days; and Sick days

Salary Range: $55,000 - $60,000 CAD

Salary rates at Innodata vary depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the role, skill set, educational background and geographic location.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and diverse workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to employment equity and building a team that reflects the diverse communities in which we live and operate.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), we are committed to providing accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, please let us know, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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