Linguist Annotator

Odixcity Consulting; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A language data consulting company is seeking an experienced Linguist Annotator to lead high-stakes linguistic data annotation. The role requires expertise in creating, curating, and validating training data for AI models. Responsibilities include performing complex annotations, developing guidelines, and conducting error analyses. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics and at least 2 years of experience in related roles. This is a full-time remote position with emphasis on cultural sensitivity and data confidentiality.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Linguistic Annotation or computational linguistics roles.
• Experience in developing annotation guidelines and schemas.
• Proven track record in large-scale annotation projects.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex linguistic annotation tasks across multiple layers.
• Annotate and label text, audio, or multimodal data according to guidelines.
• Conduct error analysis on model outputs and recommend improvements.

Skills

Linguistic Annotation

Data Operations

Communication Skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Linguistics or related field

Job description

JOB TITTLE

Linguist Annotator

LOCATION

Remote (Worldwide)

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Full Time

JOB SUMMARY

We are looking for an experienced Linguistic Annotator to lead high‑stakes language data annotation. In this role, you will apply advanced linguistic expertise to create, curate, and validate training data that teaches AI models to understand and generate human language with nuance, accuracy, and cultural sensitivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform complex linguistic annotation tasks across multiple layers including syntax.
• Annotate and label text, audio, or multimodal data according to detailed guidelines.
• Conduct error analysis on model outputs to identify systematic linguistic failures and recommend annotation improvements.
• Handle sensitive or specialized content requiring domain expertise (legal, medical, technical, etc.) with appropriate confidentiality and care.
• Develop, refine, and maintain and comprehensive annotation guidelines that clearly document decision rules, edge cases, and quality standards.
• Collaborate with computational linguists and ML engineers.
• Maintain high productivity and quality standards.
• Ensure data confidentiality and compliance with privacy policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, English or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in Linguistic Annotation or data language data operations or computational linguistics roles.
• Experience developing annotation guidelines and schemas from scratch.
• Proven track record of working on large‑scale annotation projects for NLP applications.
• Familiar with quality assurance processes, including inter‑annotator agreement calculation and analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.