Remote Japanese Linguistics Specialist for AI QA

Zekai; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Zekai seeks a skilled Japanese language QA specialist to evaluate, edit, and annotate LLM-generated text across translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar tasks. You will identify errors and work with AI researchers to improve model performance.

Ideal candidates have native-level Japanese, translation/editing experience, and strong attention to linguistic detail. This is a 100% remote contract role for applicants located in the United States.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native fluency in Japanese with strong grammar and stylistics.
• Experience translating, editing, or annotating Japanese text.
• Familiarity with NLP data work and AI research collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality and accuracy of LLM-generated Japanese text across translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar correction.
• Edit, refine, or rewrite Japanese content to meet linguistic and cultural standards.
• Annotate Japanese text for grammatical, syntactic, and semantic features.
• Identify model errors and language gaps, and collaborate with AI researchers to improve LLM performance.
• Provide detailed linguistic feedback and analysis to guide ongoing model training efforts.

Skills

Japanese fluency

Editing expertise

Linguistic annotation

Translation experience

Remote collaboration

Job description

Zekai seeks a skilled Japanese language QA specialist to evaluate, edit, and annotate LLM-generated text across translation, summarization, dialogue, and grammar tasks. You will identify errors and work with AI researchers to improve model performance.

Ideal candidates have native-level Japanese, translation/editing experience, and strong attention to linguistic detail. This is a 100% remote contract role for applicants located in the United States.