Afrikaans Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project

Meridial; South Africa; Sur place; ZAR 182 766 - 1 484 975; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Meridial is seeking an Afrikaans Language Specialist to assist in training AI language models. The ideal candidate will possess a Master’s or PhD in Afrikaans language or linguistics, with a focus on grammar, syntax, and phonology.

This remote position offers a pay range of $8 to $65 per hour, depending on experience and expertise. Responsibilities include conversing with AI models on linguistic scenarios and verifying their accuracy.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Afrikaans language, linguistics, or a closely related field.
• Peer-reviewed publications or teaching experience are advantageous.
• Ability to communicate clearly and show your work.

Responsabilités

• Converse with the model on language scenarios.
• Verify factual accuracy and logical soundness.
• Capture reproducible error traces.
• Suggest improvements to prompt engineering.
• Challenge language models on linguistic topics.

Connaissances

Afrikaans grammar

Linguistics

Metacognitive communication

Formation

Master’s or PhD in Afrikaans language or linguistics

Description du poste

Afrikaans Language Specialist – AI Trainer

Large-scale language models are evolving from clever chatbots into powerful engines of linguistic discovery. With high-quality training data, tomorrow’s AI can democratize world-class education, keep pace with cutting-edge research, and streamline communication for Afrikaans speakers everywhere. That training data begins with you – we need your expertise to help power the next generation of AI.

We’re looking for Afrikaans language specialists who live and breathe Afrikaans grammar, syntax, morphology, spelling, phonology, and pragmatics. You’ll challenge advanced language models on topics like verb tense and aspect, sentence structure, word order, regional varieties, formal and informal registers, and the nuances of the Afrikaans writing system – documenting every failure mode so we can harden model reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Converse with the model on language scenarios.
• Verify factual accuracy and logical soundness.
• Capture reproducible error traces.
• Suggest improvements to prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.
• Challenge advanced language models on linguistic topics and document failures to improve model reasoning.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Afrikaans language, linguistics, or a closely related field (ideal).
• Peer-reviewed publications, teaching experience, or hands-on linguistic analysis projects signal 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.

• Employment type: Contract
• Workplace type: Remote
• Seniority level: Mid-Senior Level