AI Tutor - Igbo

Details

SpaceXAI is seeking an AI Tutor specialized in multilingual audio capabilities to help train and refine Grok for voice interactions, speech recognition, and auditory experiences across diverse languages, accents, and cultural contexts. The role focuses on curating and annotating high-quality audio data to improve multilingual speech processing and enable natural spoken interactions.

Responsibilities

• Use proprietary software to provide labels, annotations, recordings, and inputs for projects involving multilingual audio clips, voice recordings, speech samples, and auditory elements.
• Translate and localize text strings, including UI copy, prompts, responses, and other written content, from English into Igbo while ensuring linguistic accuracy, natural phrasing, and cultural appropriateness.
• Support the delivery of curated audio data representing clear, natural spoken output and accurate linguistic and prosodic details such as intonation, rhythm, and accent.
• Collaborate with technical staff to develop 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 Igbo, with exposure to diverse accents, dialects, or regional variations.
• English proficiency at a minimum B2 level, with clear, natural vocal delivery and pronunciation suitable for audio recording.
• Strong auditory perception to identify 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.
• Ability to translate and localize text between English and Igbo while preserving meaning, tone, and cultural nuance.
• Comfort providing high-quality voice recordings and feedback on audio samples in multiple languages.
• Strong comprehension, independent judgment, communication, interpersonal, analytical, detail-oriented, and organizational skills.
• Ability to articulate audio-related feedback effectively and make consistent 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 useful, high-quality audio data.
• Advanced transcription and annotation experience, including 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, voice model training, or evaluating how data quality affects model performance.
• Experience with translation or localization workflows for software UI, product copy, or conversational AI text.
• Professional voice experience, including voice acting, voice recording, podcasting with a measurable audience, or similar audio production.
• Portfolio of voice samples, annotated transcripts, or audio-related work is strongly preferred for advanced candidates.
• Professional experience in voice, linguistics, speech data, or speech evaluation and research is especially encouraged.

Work Arrangement And Expectations

• Tutor roles may be full-time, part-time, or contractor positions depending on role needs and candidate fit.
• Contractor hours vary based on project scope and availability. Most projects may require at least 10 hours per week on average, with no fixed commitment; contractors can set their own hours.
• Roles may be performed remotely worldwide, subject to legal eligibility, time-zone compatibility, and role-specific needs.
• US-based candidates: the company is unable to hire in Wyoming and Illinois.
• Visa sponsorship is not provided.
• Personal-device users must have a Chromebook, a Mac running macOS 11.0 or later, or Windows 10 or later.

Compensation And Benefits

• US-based candidates: $35-$45 per hour, depending on relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, and qualifications.
• International compensation information will be provided during recruitment.
• Benefits vary by employment type, location, and jurisdiction. Eligible US-based positions may include health insurance, a 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave.