Customer Service Expert – AI Training

SME Careers; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 344,000 - 689,000; Full time

Job summary

SME Careers is seeking a Customer Service SME contractor to help build a natural, human-enacted data set for training speech-to-speech AI agents. The role is remote, hourly, and project-based, with opportunities to join future projects via our expert network.

You will apply your experience in client communication, issue resolution, support workflows, and customer relationship management to ensure conversations reflect real-world interactions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years in professional Customer Service with demonstrated client communication and CRM experience.
• 1+ year in AI training such as data annotation or model evaluation.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end customer support workflows.
• Excellent spoken English C1+ (US only).

Responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content across realistic support scenarios.
• Evaluate and rank AI responses to enhance model accuracy and relevance.
• Test AI models for inaccuracies or biases to ensure reliability across use cases.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Problem-solving

Active listening

Empathy

Quality orientation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in related field

Tools

Data annotation

AI evaluation

Model training

Response evaluation

Job description

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Customer Service Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support the creation of a custom dataset of natural, human-enacted customer service conversations used to train and improve speech-to-speech AI agents. You will participate in realistic customer service scenarios, applying your professional experience in client communication, issue resolution, support workflows, and customer relationship management to ensure conversations accurately reflect real-world interactions. You will demonstrate natural and professional communication, active listening, problem-solving, empathy, and appropriate issue-resolution techniques while following project-specific scenarios, instructions, and quality guidelines. Your contributions will help AI systems learn to handle customer interactions more naturally, accurately, and effectively.

This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate, delivering training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs.

Important

There is no immediate project for this role; however, if qualified, you will be among the first experts we reach out to when relevant opportunities arise. This will also provide you with access to future projects available through our expert network.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop AI Training Content: Create natural, human-enacted customer service conversations across realistic support scenarios.
• Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI responses to enhance the model's accuracy, fluency, and contextual relevance.
• Ensure Model Integrity: Test AI models for potential inaccuracies or biases, validating their reliability across use cases.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, Management, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 2+ years of professional Customer Service experience, with demonstrated expertise in client communication, issue resolution, support workflows, and customer relationship management.
• 1+ year of experience in AI training, such as data annotation, AI evaluation, model training, response evaluation, or similar AI-related work.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end customer support workflows, including issue identification, troubleshooting, escalation, follow-up, and resolution.
• Excellent spoken English C1+ (US only), with clear and fluent verbal communication.
• Hands-on experience managing customer inquiries, complaints, service requests, and escalations across a range of customer scenarios.
• Ability to adapt communication style, tone, and approach based on the customer’s needs, situation, and level of concern.
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor environment.