British Sign Language (BSL) - Freelance AI Trainer Project

Meridial; United States; Remote; USD 67,000 - 145,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Work from anywhere

Job summary

Meridial is seeking a Freelance British Sign Language (BSL) Specialist to enhance AI models. This remote role involves direct interaction with AI on BSL communication, ensuring cultural and linguistic accuracy through evaluation and development.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s or master’s in a relevant field and possesses significant fluency in BSL. Compensation varies from $6 to $65 per hour based on expertise and experience. Join us and make a difference in AI and accessibility for the Deaf community.

Qualifications

• Degree in Deaf Studies, Sign Language Interpreting, Linguistics, or related field.
• RID certification, teaching experience, or community interpreting projects preferred.
• Effective metacognitive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage with AI models on BSL communication scenarios.
• Verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance of outputs.
• Suggest improvements for prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.

Skills

British Sign Language fluency

Deaf culture

Visual linguistics

BSL grammar and syntax

Non-manual markers

Fingerspelling

Regional variations

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Deaf Studies, Sign Language Interpreting, Linguistics

Job description

British Sign Language (BSL) - Freelance AI Trainer Project

World Wide - Remote

Are you a British Sign Language expert eager to shape the future of AI? Large‑scale language models are evolving from clever chatbots into powerful engines of linguistic and cultural understanding. With high‑quality training data, tomorrow’s AI can democratize world‑class education, improve accessibility for the Deaf and Hard‑of‑Hearing communities, and accelerate communication tools for everyone. That training data begins with you—we need your expertise to help power the next generation of AI.

We’re looking for BSL specialists who live and breathe British Sign Language fluency, Deaf culture, visual linguistics, BSL grammar and syntax, non‑manual markers, fingerspelling, and regional variations. You’ll challenge advanced language models on topics like BSL‑to‑English translation, classifier usage, receptive and expressive skills, facial expressions in BSL, and spatial grammar—documenting every failure mode so we can harden model reasoning.

Responsibilities

On a typical day, you will converse with the model on real‑world BSL communication scenarios and theoretical questions in signed language linguistics, verify linguistic accuracy and cultural appropriateness, capture reproducible error traces, and suggest improvements to our prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.

Qualifications

A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Deaf Studies, Sign Language Interpreting, Linguistics, or a related field is ideal; RID certification, teaching experience, or community interpreting projects signal fit. Clear, metacognitive communication—"showing your work"—is essential.

Compensation

We offer a pay range of $6‑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.

Employment Details

Job title: British Sign Language Specialist – AI Trainer

Employment type: Contract

Workplace type: Remote

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior Level