AI Benchmark Engineer | Native Language Specialist - Chinese (Hong Kong) - Remote

LILT (Production); Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 689,000 - 1,240,000; Full time

Job summary

LILT is seeking experienced native-speaking software engineers to design, build, and validate multilingual benchmarks for Terminal-Bench tasks. This remote, freelance role focuses on creating high-signal tasks in native languages to test multilingual robustness.

You will handle task engineering, asset creation, prompting, implementation and verification, calibration, and quality assurance, working with a global community of language professionals. Flexible schedule, contract-based engagement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven track record at leading tech companies or top-tier universities.
• Native or near-native fluency with high English proficiency.
• Strong Python, shell scripting, and data processing skills.
• Extensive experience with Terminal/CLI development workflows and coding agents.
• Deep knowledge of multilingual text processing pitfalls (encoding, locale, bidi, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Task Engineering: Evaluating Coding Agents.
• Asset Creation: Build language-specific task environments where assets remain in the target language.
• Prompting & Translation: identify failure points in the native language.
• Implementation & Verification: support reference implementations and verifier scripts.
• Calibration & Execution: analyze logs and calibrate task difficulty across model tiers.
• Quality Assurance: participate in a 4-layer QC process with automated checks.

Skills

Python

Shell scripting

Data processing

CLI workflows

Coding agents

Multilingual NLP

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

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 model's ability to handle multilingual environments without relying on English translation crutches.

Note this is a remote, freelance opportunity

What You'll 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 impactful.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.

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 won't 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 individual’s 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.