Language Specialist Annotator

About the role

We are looking for a highly skilled Language Specialist – Annotator to support the development of advanced AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems. In this remote, full‑time position you will apply your linguistic expertise to annotate, review and validate language data, ensuring accuracy, consistency and cultural relevance.

Key responsibilities

• Annotate and review text, speech or conversational datasets, labeling parts of speech, sentiment, intent, syntax and other linguistic features according to project guidelines.
• Ensure cultural and contextual appropriateness of annotated data across target languages.
• Develop, refine and maintain annotation guidelines and documentation.
• Conduct quality‑assurance checks and inter‑annotator agreement assessments.
• Provide feedback to improve annotation workflows and standards.
• Support multilingual or domain‑specific annotation projects as required.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Languages or a related field.
• Native or near‑native proficiency in the target language(s).
• Strong understanding of grammar, syntax and overall language structure.
• Experience with linguistic annotation or data‑labeling projects.
• Familiarity with NLP concepts and AI development workflows.

Required skills

• Annotation tools such as Label Studio, Prodigy or ELAN.
• Knowledge of corpus linguistics or discourse analysis.