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About the role

We are seeking native-level French speakers with a linguistics background to serve as the primary language resource for voice AI in their language. You will be the trusted point of contact for all questions, quality decisions, and language-specific work related to French. This is not a standard annotation engagement. You will own your language end to end, which includes managing annotation quality, auditing data, monitoring product performance, investigating customer-reported issues, and executing projects that require deep linguistic expertise and attention to detail. You will operate independently across these workstreams and serve as the team's go-to resource for anything related to your language. This is an ongoing contractor engagement. Availability during some US Pacific business hours is preferred to allow for team syncs and real-time support.

What you'll bring

• Native-level proficiency in French as spoken in France.
• Experience with data annotation, transcription, or language quality assurance.
• Strong foundation in linguistics or a related field, with the ability to apply concepts like phonetics, prosody, and intonation when evaluating speech and writing annotation guidelines.
• Strong written English proficiency.
• All guidelines, feedback, reports, and team communication are in English.
• Ability to write clear, structured instructions and deliver specific, actionable feedback to annotators.
• Comfortable working with data and metrics such as inter-rater agreement scores, audit spreadsheets, and structured feedback templates.
• Self-directed and able to manage feedback cycles, QA reviews, and data projects without close oversight.
• Experience writing or maintaining annotation guidelines or rubrics.
• Experience training, mentoring, or managing other annotators.
• Experience with audio evaluation, TTS, or STT.
• Conversational spoken English proficiency for meetings and calibration syncs.

Benefits