Punjabi Language Expert

In this hourly, remote contractor position, you will serve as a Punjabi Language Specialist (Subject Matter Expert) responsible for reviewing AI-generated Punjabi content and creating high-quality reference materials. Your role involves evaluating language quality and reasoning processes while providing clear, precise written feedback. You will assess AI outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, spelling, tone, cultural appropriateness, and adherence to prompts. Identifying errors such as mistranslations, register inconsistencies (formal vs. informal), ambiguity, and logical flaws will be key. Additionally, you will fact-check claims when necessary, produce high-quality rewrites and model answers that exemplify best practices in Punjabi writing, and rate multiple AI responses based on correctness and overall quality.

This opportunity is with SME Careers, a rapidly growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate. The company delivers training data to many of the world’s leading AI firms and foundation-model labs. Your expertise in Punjabi will directly contribute to enhancing the naturalness, reliability, cultural accuracy, and clarity of AI-generated Punjabi language outputs.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop AI training content by creating prompts and gold-standard Punjabi answers across various domains, including general knowledge, customer support, education, and conversational writing.
- Evaluate and rank AI outputs to optimize fluency, correctness, tone alignment, and cultural appropriateness.
- Identify unsafe or misleading content, factual inaccuracies (hallucinations), bias, and language that poses policy risks; ensure model reliability across different use cases.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Linguistics, Punjabi or English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Native or near-native proficiency in Punjabi, with strong reading and writing skills.
- Professional proficiency in English (minimum C1 level) to accurately follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback.
- At least three years of professional experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content quality assurance, journalism, education, or other language-focused roles.
- Deep understanding of Punjabi grammar, spelling conventions, punctuation, and style, with the ability to clearly explain errors and corrections.
- Comfortable working with Punjabi scripts, including Gurmukhi (India) and/or Shahmukhi (Pakistan); candidates should specify which script(s) they can read and write.
- Ability to handle multiple registers (formal and informal), dialect variations, and audience adaptations across India, Pakistan, and the diaspora.
- High attention to detail in spotting subtle shifts in meaning, awkward literal translations, hallucinated claims, or culturally inappropriate phrasing.
- Reliable, self-motivated, and capable of delivering consistent quality in a remote, hourly contractor role across different time zones.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

- Prior experience in AI data training or annotation, translation quality assurance, editorial quality assurance, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.
- This role offers the chance to contribute directly to improving the world’s leading AI language models, making Punjabi content more natural, accurate, and culturally relevant.
- Flexible remote work arrangement with hourly compensation, suitable for professionals seeking to leverage their Punjabi language expertise in the AI industry.

This role is ideal for language specialists passionate about advancing AI technology through high-quality linguistic input and feedback.