AI Rater Guidelines Writer (Linguist / Instructional Designer)

Weekday AI; United States; Remote; USD 62,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday AI is hiring for a remote, full-time role focused on shaping how AI systems are trained through precise guidelines for human evaluators. You will translate complex requirements into clear, actionable rater instructions across finance, retail, insurance, legal, and sports.

Work is fully remote with a 35-hour weekday commitment. The position emphasizes documenting evaluation rubrics, improving clarity, and maintaining consistency across multiple domains in collaboration with researchers

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in linguistics, instructional design, technical writing, or AI content development.
• Direct experience creating or refining evaluation guidelines, rating rubrics, or reviewer instructions in generative AI or AI data annotation.
• Ability to convert domain knowledge into clear, structured documentation across multiple subjects.
• Proven ability to resolve ambiguity and improve specifications with measurable improvements.
• Strong analytical thinking and exceptional attention to detail.
• Clear career progression and professional growth.
• Ability to commit 35+ hours per week during weekdays.
• Outstanding written communication to explain nuanced concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex program requirements into clear, concise, and easy-to-follow rater guidelines.
• Design comprehensive evaluation rubrics and scoring frameworks that enable consistent decision-making across a variety of AI tasks.
• Review existing documentation to identify ambiguity, inconsistencies, contradictions, and coverage gaps, then revise guidelines to improve clarity and usability.
• Convert subject-matter requirements from domains such as finance, retail, insurance, legal, and sports into structured evaluation instructions that non-domain raters can apply confidently.
• Collaborate with research teams, program managers, and subject matter experts to maintain consistency across multiple guideline sets.
• Develop documentation that addresses edge cases, exceptions, and complex evaluation scenarios while minimizing reviewer escalation.

Skills

Linguistics

Instructional Design

Technical Writing

AI Content Development

Job description

This role is for one of our clients

Compensation: $45-$65 per hour

Join a cutting-edge AI initiative focused on building the next generation of foundational AI models. We are seeking experienced Linguists, Instructional Designers, Technical Writers, and AI Content Specialists who excel at transforming complex, ambiguous program requirements into clear, structured, and actionable guidance for human evaluators.

In this role, you will play a critical part in improving AI training quality by creating precise rating guidelines, evaluation rubrics, and reviewer instructions across diverse domains including finance, retail, insurance, legal, and sports. Your expertise will help ensure consistency, accuracy, and reliability in human evaluations that directly shape advanced AI systems.

This is a full-time, fully remote engagement requiring a commitment of approximately 35 hours per week during standard weekdays.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate complex and ambiguous program requirements into clear, concise, and easy-to-follow rater guidelines.
• Design comprehensive evaluation rubrics and scoring frameworks that enable consistent decision-making across a variety of AI tasks.
• Review existing documentation to identify ambiguity, inconsistencies, contradictions, and coverage gaps, then revise guidelines to improve clarity and usability.
• Convert subject-matter requirements from domains such as finance, retail, insurance, legal, and sports into structured evaluation instructions that non-domain raters can apply confidently.
• Collaborate with research teams, program managers, and subject matter experts to maintain consistency across multiple guideline sets.
• Develop documentation that addresses edge cases, exceptions, and complex evaluation scenarios while minimizing reviewer escalation.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in Linguistics, Instructional Design, Technical Writing, AI Content Development, or a closely related field.
• Direct experience creating, refining, or maintaining evaluation guidelines, rating rubrics, or reviewer instructions within Generative AI, RLHF, human evaluation, or AI data annotation environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple subject areas and convert domain-specific knowledge into clear, structured documentation.
• Proven experience resolving ambiguity and improving written specifications with measurable before-and-after improvements.
• Strong analytical thinking with exceptional attention to detail.
• Demonstrated career progression and professional growth.
• Ability to commit reliably to 35+ hours per week during weekdays.
• Outstanding written communication skills with the ability to explain nuanced concepts in a precise, consistent, and easy-to-understand manner.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting AI model training, evaluation, RLHF, or large-scale annotation programs.
• Background working with cross-functional teams including researchers, engineers, product managers, and subject matter experts.
• Familiarity with structured documentation standards, quality assurance methodologies, and guideline governance.
• Experience designing documentation that supports scalable, high-quality human evaluation processes.

Why Join

• Help define how human evaluators assess next-generation AI systems.
• Influence the quality and consistency of AI training data across multiple industries.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary experts working on advanced Generative AI initiatives.
• Solve complex language and reasoning challenges while improving AI evaluation standards at scale.
• Enjoy the flexibility of a fully remote engagement while contributing to high-impact AI research.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from qualified professionals of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application and engagement process.

Contract & Engagement Details

• Independent contractor engagement.
• Fully remote with flexible working arrangements.
• Expected commitment of approximately 35 hours per week during weekdays.
• Project duration may vary depending on business requirements and individual performance.
• Work does not require access to confidential or proprietary information from any current or former employer.
• Payments are issued weekly based on approved work completed.
• At this time, we are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates.