Arabic (Iraqi) Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project

Agency; United States; Remote; USD 11,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Agency seeks an Arabic (Iraqi) Language Expert to train and evaluate AI models remotely. You will converse with the model in Iraqi Arabic, verify contextual and cultural nuances, and document failure cases to improve prompts and evaluation metrics.

Applicants should have a Master’s degree in Linguistics or related field and experience in teaching, translation, or language documentation. The role is contract-based with pay determined by experience and location.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree preferred in Linguistics or related field.
• Professional experience in teaching, translation, language documentation, or community work signals fit.
• Clear, metacognitive communication - “showing your work” - is essential.

Responsibilities

• Converse with the model in Iraqi Arabic across a wide range of topics.
• Verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance of model outputs.
• Document reproducible error traces and failure modes.
• Suggest improvements to prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.

Skills

Phonetics

Morphology

Syntax

Dialect knowledge

Colloquial expressions

Cultural references

Metacognitive communication

Education

Master's degree in Linguistics, Middle Eastern Studies, Translation, or related field

Job description

Are you an Arabic (Iraqi) language expert eager to shape the future of AI? Large-scale language models are evolving from clever chatbots into powerful tools for communication, education, and cultural understanding. With high-quality training data, tomorrow's AI can accurately capture Iraqi Arabic vocabulary, dialects, grammar, idiomatic expressions, and cultural context - helping preserve linguistic heritage and support authentic interactions. That training data begins with you—we need your expertise to help power the next generation of AI.

We're looking for Arabic (Iraqi) language specialists who live and breathe phonetics, morphology, syntax, regional dialects, colloquial expressions, and cultural references. You'll challenge advanced language models on topics like contextual interpretation, dialectical distinctions, semantic accuracy, and cultural nuance - documenting every failure mode so we can harden model reasoning. On a typical day, you will converse with the model in Iraqi Arabic across a wide range of topics, verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance, capture reproducible error traces, and suggest improvements to our prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.

• A Master's degree in Linguistics, Middle Eastern Studies, Translation, or a related field is ideal.
• Professional experience in teaching, translation, language documentation, or community work signals fit.

Clear, metacognitive communication - "showing your work" - is essential.

We offer a pay range of $8-to-$65 per hour, with the exact rate determined after evaluating your experience, expertise, and geographic location. Final offer amounts may vary from the pay range listed above.

As a contractor you'll supply a secure computer and high-speed internet; company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.

Job title: Arabic (Iraqi) Language Expert - AI Trainer

Employment type: Contract

Workplace type: Remote

Seniority level: Mid-Senior Level