Spanish (Andean — Peru/Bolivia/Ecuador) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project

Meridial; Peru (IL); On-site; USD 11,020 - 89,544; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Opportunity to influence AI development

Job summary

Meridial is seeking a Spanish (Andean — Peru/Bolivia/Ecuador) Language Specialist to join as an AI Trainer. The role involves engaging with advanced language models, ensuring linguistic accuracy, and providing insights based on cultural nuances.

Ideal candidates will have a degree in Linguistics or related fields and experience in translation or localization. This remote contract position offers a flexible pay range based on experience, from $8 to $65 per hour.

Qualifications

• Degree in Linguistics, Translation, Spanish Language, Literature, or a related field.
• Professional experience in teaching, translation, localization, or editorial work.
• Ability to clearly communicate and document language model challenges.

Responsibilities

• Challenge language models on regional colloquialisms and contextual interpretation.
• Verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance by conversing in Spanish.
• Document failures and suggest improvements for prompt engineering.

Skills

Metacognitive communication skills

Understanding of Andean Spanish

Cultural awareness

Education

Degree in Linguistics, Translation, or related field

Job description

Job Overview

Are you a Spanish (Andean — Peru/Bolivia/Ecuador) language specialist eager to shape the future of AI? Large‑scale language models are evolving from clever chatbots into powerful tools for communication, education, and cultural preservation. With high‑quality training data, tomorrow’s AI can better understand the distinctive phonetics, grammar, vocabulary, and cultural nuances of Andean Spanish—bridging gaps in global accessibility and fostering authentic cross‑cultural exchange. That training data begins with you—we need your expertise to help power the next generation of AI.

Responsibilities

• Challenge advanced language models on topics such as regional colloquialisms, contextual interpretation, tone adaptation, syntactic accuracy, and semantic precision, documenting every failure mode.
• Converse with the model in Spanish (Andean) across a wide range of topics, verifying linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance.
• Capture reproducible error traces and suggest improvements to our prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.

Qualifications

• A degree in Linguistics, Translation, Spanish Language, Literature, or a related field.
• Professional experience in teaching, translation, localization, or editorial work.
• Clear, metacognitive communication skills—ability to "show your work".

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay range: $8 to $65 per hour, determined by experience, expertise, and geographic location.
• Contract position; contractor must supply secure computer and high‑speed internet.
• Company‑sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.

Job Details

Job title: Spanish (Andean — Peru/Bolivia/Ecuador) Language Specialist - AI Trainer
Employment type: Contract
Workplace type: Remote
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior Level