Remote Punjabi Language QA Specialist

SME Careers; Sindh; Remote; PKR 551,000 - 1,102,000; Part time

Job summary

SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company, seeks a Punjabi Language Specialist to review and create Punjabi reference content, evaluate language quality and provide precise feedback. You will assess outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, tone, and cultural appropriateness, with attention to meaning shifts and style guidance.

As a remote contractor, you will work hourly across time zones, delivering high-quality rewrites and model answers while explaining corrections and ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Punjabi/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Native or near-native Punjabi 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 Punjabi grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.
• Comfortable handling script requirements as needed: Gurmukhi (India) and/or Shahmukhi (Pakistan). Please indicate which script(s) you can read/write.
• Comfortable handling multiple registers (formal/informal), dialect variation, and audience adaptation (India vs Pakistan 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard Punjabi 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.

Skills

Punjabi language

English proficiency

Translation QA

Editing

Localization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company, seeks a Punjabi Language Specialist to review and create Punjabi reference content, evaluate language quality and provide precise feedback. You will assess outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, tone, and cultural appropriateness, with attention to meaning shifts and style guidance.

As a remote contractor, you will work hourly across time zones, delivering high-quality rewrites and model answers while explaining corrections and ensuring