AI Tutor - German

Details

As an AI Tutor specializing in multilingual audio capabilities, you will help train and refine Grok for voice interactions, speech recognition, and auditory experiences across languages, accents, and cultural contexts. The role focuses on curating and annotating high-quality audio data to improve global accessibility, natural spoken interactions, speech processing, and the handling of multilingual audio nuances.

Responsibilities

• Use proprietary software to provide labels, annotations, recordings, and inputs for projects involving multilingual audio clips, voice recordings, speech samples, and auditory elements in various languages.
• Support the delivery of curated audio data that provides clear and natural spoken output, accurate linguistic and prosodic details—including intonation, rhythm, and accent—and professional audio quality.
• Collaborate with technical staff on tasks that improve AI handling of speech modulation, accent variation, noise in real-world recordings, and multilingual audio processing.
• Work with technical staff to improve annotation tools and audio workflows.

Requirements

• Native proficiency in German, including exposure to diverse accents, dialects, or regional variations.
• English proficiency at a minimum B2 level, with clear and natural vocal delivery suitable for audio recording.
• Strong auditory perception for identifying nuances in speech, accents, pronunciation, intonation, and audio quality.
• Ability to handle multilingual audio content, evaluate speech accuracy and cultural vocal expressions, and interpret spoken content in context.
• Ability to transcribe audio accurately across accents and varying audio quality.
• Comfort providing high-quality voice recordings and feedback on audio samples in multiple languages.
• Strong comprehension, communication, interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and detail-oriented skills.
• Ability to make independent judgments on ambiguous or varied audio material, including noisy or accented speech.
• Commitment to developing AI with sophisticated multilingual audio capabilities.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Exceptional attention to linguistic nuance, auditory detail, and data quality.
• Strong understanding of high-quality and useful audio data.
• Advanced transcription and annotation skills, including handling disfluencies, accents, and prosodic features such as intonation, stress, rhythm, and emotion.
• Background in linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, speech sciences, cognitive science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with speech or audio datasets, annotation workflows, AI training data, or training voice models.
• Professional voice experience, including voice acting, voice recording, podcasting with a measurable audience, or similar audio production.
• Experience exercising independent judgment in ambiguous audio scenarios and making consistent annotation decisions.
• Portfolio of voice samples, annotated transcripts, or audio-related work is strongly preferred for advanced candidates.

Work Arrangement and Compensation

• Roles may be full-time, part-time, or contractor positions.
• Contractor hours vary by project scope and availability. Most projects may require at least 10 hours per week, although there is no fixed commitment and contractors can set their own schedules.
• Roles may be performed remotely worldwide, subject to legal eligibility, time-zone compatibility, and role-specific requirements.
• US-based candidates cannot be hired in Wyoming or Illinois.
• Personal devices must be a Chromebook, a Mac running macOS 11.0 or later, or a computer running Windows 10 or later.
• US-based candidates are compensated at $35–$45 per hour, depending on experience, skills, education, geographic location, and qualifications.
• Benefits vary by employment type, location, and jurisdiction. Eligible US-based positions may include health insurance, a 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave.
• Visa sponsorship is not provided.