Mapudungun AI Language Specialist - Remote

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

Job summary

Agency seeks a Mapudungun language expert to help train AI models. You will converse with the model in Mapudungun, verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance, and document failures to improve prompts and evaluation metrics.

This is a remote contractor role offering pay by the hour and the chance to contribute to Indigenous language preservation through advanced AI. Ideal candidates hold a Master’s in Linguistics or related field and have experience in teaching or language documentation.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Linguistics, Indigenous Studies, Translation, or related field.
• Professional experience in teaching, translation, language documentation, or community work signals fit.
• Clear, metacognitive communication—showing your work—essential.

Responsibilities

• Converse with the model in Mapudungun across a wide range of topics.
• Verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance.
• Capture reproducible error traces and document failures.
• Suggest improvements to prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.

Skills

Mapudungun language

Linguistics

Dialect analysis

Phonetics

Education

Master's degree in Linguistics

Job description

Agency seeks a Mapudungun language expert to help train AI models. You will converse with the model in Mapudungun, verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance, and document failures to improve prompts and evaluation metrics.

This is a remote contractor role offering pay by the hour and the chance to contribute to Indigenous language preservation through advanced AI. Ideal candidates hold a Master’s in Linguistics or related field and have experience in teaching or language documentation.