Cultural and Linguistic Specialist

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 5 years

Location: Remote (India), India

JobType: full-time

We are seeking cultural and linguistic specialists to ensure AI systems reflect authentic, nuanced, and respectful representations of local cultures. This role blends deep cultural expertise with strong analytical skills to design, evaluate, and refine datasets that go beyond surface-level language use, capturing the richness of real-world communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Training Data Creation: Develop and review culturally authentic content, including everyday dialogues, idioms, proverbs, and Q&A pairs that reflect real-life contexts.
• Evaluation Design: Create prompts to test AI performance on humor, taboos, sensitive topics, and cultural nuances, ensuring outputs align with local norms and values.
• AI Output Benchmarking: Evaluate model responses for tone, accuracy, cultural appropriateness, and hidden biases, providing insights only a cultural insider can offer.
• Framework & Guidelines: Define standards for “cultural awareness” by building structured evaluation frameworks and data generation guidelines.
• Dataset Review & Enrichment: Review and expand datasets to capture a full range of cultural expressions, linking examples to cultural theories such as collectivism vs. individualism or high- vs. low-context communication.
• Bias Analysis: Detect potential structural or linguistic biases and recommend strategies to mitigate them during model training.

Requirements

• Language & Culture Expertise: Native speaker of [Target Language] with deep lived experience in [Target Culture].
• Education: Advanced degree (PhD preferred) in Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, Sociology, History, Cultural Studies, or a related field.
• Cultural Knowledge: Strong grasp of social norms, customs, historical context, and contemporary issues in the region.
• Professional Experience: Experience in roles such as writing, journalism, education, or community leadership requiring cultural immersion.
• Demographic Awareness: Ability to represent diverse perspectives across age, gender, region, urban/rural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Analytical Strength: Strong understanding of cultural values, kinship systems, rituals, and social structures, coupled with excellent communication skills.

What We’re Looking For
An expert who combines academic rigor with cultural intuition—ensuring AI systems reflect not just language fluency, but also the underlying values, sensitivities, and meanings that shape authentic human communication.