Malay Language QA Specialist for AI Training

SME Careers; Selangor; Remote; MYR 41,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

SME Careers seeks a Malay Language Specialist to review AI-generated Malay content and craft high-quality reference content. You will evaluate language quality, accuracy, tone, and cultural appropriateness, and provide precise feedback in English.

The role involves creating rewrites and model answers, moderating for safety and bias, and supporting rubric-based evaluation. Remote, hourly contractor position with flexible schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
• Native or near-native Malay proficiency (reading and writing required).
• Strong professional proficiency in English (minimum C1) to follow guidelines and provide 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 Malay grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard Malay answers across domains.
• Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve fluency, correctness, tone, and cultural appropriateness.
• Detect unsafe or misleading content, factual hallucinations, bias, and policy-risk language; validate reliability across use cases.

Skills

Malay language proficiency

English proficiency

Attention to detail

Self-directed

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Linguistics, Malay/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or related field

Job description

SME Careers seeks a Malay Language Specialist to review AI-generated Malay content and craft high-quality reference content. You will evaluate language quality, accuracy, tone, and cultural appropriateness, and provide precise feedback in English.

The role involves creating rewrites and model answers, moderating for safety and bias, and supporting rubric-based evaluation. Remote, hourly contractor position with flexible schedule.