Italian Language Expert

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In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will review AI-generated Italian-language responses and/or generate expert language content, evaluating reasoning quality and step-by-step edits while providing precise, actionable feedback. You will assess solutions for accuracy, clarity, and adherence to the prompt; identify errors in logic, meaning, methodology, or conceptual understanding; fact-check information when needed; write high-quality explanations and model revisions that demonstrate correct methods;

and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and reasoning quality. This role is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of Super Annotate that provides AI training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation-model labs. Your language expertise directly helps improve the world’s premier AI models by making their outputs more accurate, natural, and clearly explained.

• Develop AI Training Content:
  Create detailed prompts in various topics and responses to guide AI learning, ensuring the models reflect a comprehensive understanding of diverse subjects.
• 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.

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Italian, Translation/Localization, Communications, or a related field.
• Native or near-native Italian proficiency (C2 preferred) and Minimum C1 English proficiency required; multilingual ability beyond Italian/English is a plus.
• Strong command of Italian grammar (incl. clitics, tense/aspect, mood), semantics, pragmatics, and discourse-level editing across registers.
• Exceptional attention to detail in identifying meaning drift, ambiguity, locale inconsistencies, and subtle errors; able to explain corrections clearly in writing.
• Comfortable applying style guides and enforcing terminology and tone consistency for specific audiences and locales.
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.
• Previous experience with AI data training/annotation, editorial QA, translation/localization QA, or professional editing is strongly preferred.
• Location requirement:
  Only candidates based in Italy will be considered for this role.

Mid-Senior level

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