Arabic (Gulf) Language Expert

Agency; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Agency is seeking a linguistics-focused reviewer to interact with Gulf Arabic AI models and ensure linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance across diverse topics.

The role emphasizes documenting error traces, analyzing failure modes, and proposing enhancements to prompt engineering and evaluation metrics, leveraging secure access and reliable connectivity.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Gulf Arabic phonetics, morphology, and syntax.
• Strong knowledge of colloquial expressions and cultural nuances.
• Ability to provide clear, metacognitive communication and documentation.
• Access to a secure computer and high-speed internet.

Responsibilities

• Converse with AI models in Gulf Arabic across topics.
• Verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance.
• Capture reproducible error traces and document model failure modes.
• Suggest improvements to prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.

Skills

Gulf Arabic phonetics

Arabic morphology

Arabic syntax

Dialect awareness

Cultural nuances

Metacognitive communication

Documentation

Education

Masters in Linguistics

Middle Eastern Studies

Job description

Responsibilities

• Converse with AI models in Gulf Arabic across various topics
• Verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance
• Capture reproducible error traces and document model failure modes
• Suggest improvements to prompt engineering and evaluation metrics

Requirements

• Expertise in Gulf Arabic phonetics, morphology, syntax, and regional dialects
• Deep understanding of colloquial expressions and cultural nuances
• Ability to provide clear, metacognitive communication and documentation
• Access to a secure computer and high-speed internet

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Linguistics, Middle Eastern Studies, Translation, or a related field
• Professional experience in teaching, translation, or language documentation

About the Company

This project focuses on developing high-quality training data to help large-scale language models accurately capture Gulf Arabic vocabulary, dialects, and cultural context.