Kaqchikel; Mayan Language Expert - Freelance AI Trainer Project

Overview

Are you a Kaqchikel language expert eager to shape the future of AI? Large-scale language models are evolving from clever chatbots into powerful tools for communication, education, and cultural preservation. With high-quality training data, tomorrow’s AI can accurately capture Kaqchikel vocabulary, grammar, dialectical variations, and cultural context—helping preserve Mayan knowledge and support authentic linguistic interactions. That training data begins with you—we need your expertise to help power the next generation of AI.

• Converse with the model in Kaqchikel across a wide range of topics, verify linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance, and capture reproducible error traces.
• Document failure modes to help harden model reasoning and suggest improvements to prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.

• Document and analyze contextual interpretation, tone and meaning, dialectical distinctions, semantic accuracy, and cultural nuance.

• A Master’s degree in Linguistics, Indigenous Studies, Translation, or a related field is ideal.
• Professional experience in teaching, translation, language documentation, or community work signals 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.

As a contractor you’ll supply a secure computer and high-speed internet; company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.

• Job title:
  
  Kaqchikel (Mayan) Language Expert – AI Trainer
• Employment type:
  
  Contract
• Workplace type:
  Remote
• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior Level