Remote Arabic QA Lead: Quality, Training & Standards

SME Careers; Makkah Region; Remote; SAR 103,000 - 207,000; Part time

Job summary

SME Careers is seeking an Arabic Quality Assurance Lead for a remote, hourly contractor role. You will oversee quality across Arabic AI training projects, review content, provide precise feedback, and ensure adherence to rubrics.

Strong Arabic and English, meticulous attention to detail, and experience guiding remote teams are required. Responsibilities include monitoring quality, communicating guidelines on Discord, onboarding support, and maintaining Arabic documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Arabic, Linguistics, Translation, or related field.
• Native or near-native Arabic proficiency with strong reading and writing skills.
• Strong English reading and writing to follow guidelines.
• 3+ years of experience in Arabic writing, editing, translation, localization, content QA, AI training, or related workflows.
• Deep knowledge of Arabic grammar, diacritics, RTL formatting and dialect variation.
• Experience leading or supporting remote teams of trainers, annotators, reviewers, editors, or QAs.
• Comfort with fast-moving remote environments using Discord and Google productivity tools.
• Experience with AI training, data annotation, or rubric-based QA is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Quality monitoring: spot-check Arabic items and provide ongoing feedback.
• Update trainers and QAs on Discord about new guidelines and project changes.
• Respond to trainer/QA questions around Arabic wording, grammar, tone, dialect, RTL formatting, translation fidelity.
• Activate inactive contributors and track availability issues.
• Create and maintain Arabic project documentation, style guides, FAQs, and onboarding materials.
• Plan and run onboarding/training calls with trainers and QAs.
• Ensure Arabic guidelines are consistently applied as projects evolve.
• Identify recurring quality gaps and propose workflow improvements.

Skills

Arabic proficiency

English proficiency

Remote leadership

Quality Assurance

Attention to detail

Education

Arabic degree

Linguistics background

QA education

Translation background

Tools

Discord

Google Sheets

Google Docs

Trackers

Dashboards

Project management tools

Job description

SME Careers is seeking an Arabic Quality Assurance Lead for a remote, hourly contractor role. You will oversee quality across Arabic AI training projects, review content, provide precise feedback, and ensure adherence to rubrics.

Strong Arabic and English, meticulous attention to detail, and experience guiding remote teams are required. Responsibilities include monitoring quality, communicating guidelines on Discord, onboarding support, and maintaining Arabic documentation.