Indonesian - Linguist III

Position: Linguist III
Location:US- Remote
Duration:07+ months Contract
Pay Range: $45 - $50/hour on W2
Job ID: 176272

Job Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Linguist III to join our team. This is a remote role; The ideal candidate will have a graduate degree in Linguistics, be a native speaker of a non-English language (preferably Indonesian), and possess a high level of proficiency in another Austronesian language. The role involves performing linguistic analyses, contributing to AI projects, and collaborating with engineers and research scientists.

Responsibilities:

• Perform linguistic analyses on large datasets.
• Conduct linguistic error analysis of AI model outputs to identify frequent and severe error categories.
• Write and revise guidelines for human annotation and other AI projects, including translation tasks.
• Conduct typological and sociolinguistic research on various languages, highlighting similarities and differences.
• Perform linguistic analyses for Responsible AI, focusing on toxic language, hate speech, gender bias, and other cultural biases in multilingual settings.
• Conduct linguistic literature reviews on NLP-adjacent topics and summarize findings.
• Compare vendor deliveries, identify error patterns, and provide actionable feedback.
• Provide guidance on linguistic knowledge, including typology, morpho-syntax, sociolinguistics, classification, phonetics/phonology, and pragmatics.
• Collaborate with native speakers of various languages.
• Communicate linguistic analysis results to engineers and research scientists.

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in Linguistics or related field (PhD is a plus).
• Native speaker of a non-English language (preferably Indonesian) with proficiency in another Austronesian language.
• Broad knowledge of other languages in the Austronesian family.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; additional coding languages for data analysis are a plus.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills, especially in business and research contexts.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage complex requests under pressure.
• Experience with project management basics is a plus.
• Working knowledge of international language-classification standards is valued.
• Experience collaborating with machine learning, NLP, or software engineers, or data scientists.
• Experience contributing to research papers.
• Familiarity with linguistic fields such as language typology, syntax, morphology, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, writing systems, pragmatics, and phonology.
• Experience applying basic Natural Language Processing techniques.

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Pay Range: $45 - $50/hour on W2

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