Telugu Language Expert

SME Careers; Tamil Nadu; Remote; INR 1,102,000 - 2,480,000; Part time

Job summary

SME Careers is seeking a Telugu Language Specialist (hourly, remote, contractor) to review AI-generated Telugu content and produce high-quality reference material. The role requires native or near-native Telugu, strong English, and 3+ years in language-focused work.

You will assess accuracy, fluency, tone, and cultural fit, delivering precise feedback and rewrites as needed. This position supports our AI data services, helping improve Telugu-language outputs for global clients across diverse

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Telugu/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or related field.
• Native or near-native Telugu proficiency (reading and writing).
• Strong professional proficiency in English (minimum C1) to provide feedback in English.
• 3+ years of language-focused writing/editing/translation experience.
• Deep understanding of Telugu grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
• Ability to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.
• Experience with AI data training or rubric-based evaluation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review AI-generated Telugu content and/or create reference content across domains.
• Evaluate outputs for accuracy, fluency, tone, and cultural appropriateness.
• Identify errors in meaning, mistranslation, ambiguity, and bias; provide precise feedback.
• Write high-quality rewrites and model answers demonstrating best practices.
• Rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and overall quality.

Skills

Telugu fluency

English proficiency

Content QA

Localization experience

Editing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Linguistics or Telugu/English literature

Job description

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Telugu Language Specialist (SME) to review AI-generated Telugu content and/or create high-quality Telugu reference content, evaluating language quality and step-by-step reasoning while providing precise written feedback. You will assess outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, spelling, tone, cultural appropriateness, and adherence to the prompt; identify errors in meaning, mistranslation, register (formal vs informal), ambiguity, and logical consistency; fact-check claims when needed; write high-quality rewrites and model answers that demonstrate best practices in Telugu writing; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and overall quality.
This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world's largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your Telugu expertise directly helps improve the world's premier AI models by making their Telugu language output more natural, reliable, culturally accurate, and clearly written.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard Telugu answers across multiple domains (general knowledge, customer support, education, conversational writing).
• Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve fluency, correctness, tone match, and cultural appropriateness.
• Ensure Model Integrity: Detect unsafe or misleading content, factual hallucinations, bias, and policy-risk language; validate reliability across use cases.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Telugu/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Native or near-native Telugu proficiency (reading and writing required).
• Strong professional proficiency in English (minimum C1) to follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback in English.
• 3+ years of professional experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or related language-focused work.
• Deep understanding of Telugu grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style-able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.
• Comfortable handling multiple registers (formal/informal), regional variation (e.g., Andhra Pradesh vs Telangana usage), and audience adaptation (India vs diaspora).
• High attention to detail when spotting subtle meaning shifts, awkward literal translations, hallucinated claims, or culturally mismatched phrasing.
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.
• Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, translation QA, editorial QA, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.