Remote Finnish QA Lead — AI Training & Quality Champion

SME Careers; Finland; Remote; EUR 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

SME Careers is seeking a Finnish Quality Assurance Lead to oversee quality across AI training projects. This remote, hourly contractor role requires strong Finnish and English skills, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to manage QA workflows across distributed teams.

You will evaluate AI-generated content, provide precise feedback, and maintain Finnish project documentation while onboarding and guiding trainers and QAs to meet client standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finnish, Linguistics, Translation or related field.
• Native or near-native Finnish proficiency with strong reading and writing skills.
• Strong English language skills to follow guidelines and provide feedback in English.
• 3+ years of professional experience in Finnish writing, editing, translation, localization, content QA, AI training, education, annotation, or related language-review workflows.
• Experience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, annotators, reviewers, editors, or QAs is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Quality monitoring: Spot-check Finnish items, identify quality issues, provide ongoing feedback through DMs, and elevate recurring or critical issues.
• Trainer and QA communication: Update trainers and QAs on Discord about new item guidelines, project changes, workflow updates, and quality expectations.
• Question handling: Respond to trainer/QA questions clearly and promptly, especially around Finnish wording, grammar, register, translation fidelity, selkokieli requirements, cultural context, and edge cases.
• Trainer/QA activation management: DM contributors who are inactive or not working, encourage activation, track follow-ups, and flag availability issues when needed.
• Documentation: Create and maintain Finnish project documentation, including style guides, trackers, FAQs, quality notes, examples, honeypots, and onboarding materials.
• Onboarding and training: Schedule and run onboarding/training calls with trainers and QAs to explain project expectations, workflows, rubrics, quality standards, and Finnish-specific style requirements.
• Quality alignment: Ensure all trainers and QAs apply Finnish language guidelines consistently and understand updates as projects evolve.
• Process improvement: Identify recurring quality gaps, propose workflow improvements, and help build scalable QA processes for Finnish-language projects.

Skills

Finnish language

English language

Attention to detail

Remote team coordination

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finnish/Linguistics/Translation/Communications

Tools

Discord

Google Sheets

Google Docs

Trackers

Dashboards

Job description

SME Careers is seeking a Finnish Quality Assurance Lead to oversee quality across AI training projects. This remote, hourly contractor role requires strong Finnish and English skills, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to manage QA workflows across distributed teams.

You will evaluate AI-generated content, provide precise feedback, and maintain Finnish project documentation while onboarding and guiding trainers and QAs to meet client standards.