AI Rater Guidelines Writer (Linguist / Instructional Designer)

Weekday AI

14d•$45 - $65•Remote

About The Position

This role is for one of our clients. Join a cutting-edge AI initiative focused on building the next generation of foundational AI models. We are seeking experienced Linguists, Instructional Designers, Technical Writers, and AI Content Specialists who excel at transforming complex, ambiguous program requirements into clear, structured, and actionable guidance for human evaluators. In this role, you will play a critical part in improving AI training quality by creating precise rating guidelines, evaluation rubrics, and reviewer instructions across diverse domains including finance, retail, insurance, legal, and sports. Your expertise will help ensure consistency, accuracy, and reliability in human evaluations that directly shape advanced AI systems. This is a full-time, fully remote engagement requiring a commitment of approximately 35 hours per week during standard weekdays.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years of professional experience in Linguistics, Instructional Design, Technical Writing, AI Content Development, or a closely related field.
Direct experience creating, refining, or maintaining evaluation guidelines, rating rubrics, or reviewer instructions within Generative AI, RLHF, human evaluation, or AI data annotation environments.
Demonstrated ability to work across multiple subject areas and convert domain-specific knowledge into clear, structured documentation.
Proven experience resolving ambiguity and improving written specifications with measurable before-and-after improvements.
Strong analytical thinking with exceptional attention to detail.
Demonstrated career progression and professional growth.
Ability to commit reliably to 35+ hours per week during weekdays.
Outstanding written communication skills with the ability to explain nuanced concepts in a precise, consistent, and easy-to-understand manner.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting AI model training, evaluation, RLHF, or large-scale annotation programs.
Background working with cross-functional teams including researchers, engineers, product managers, and subject matter experts.
Familiarity with structured documentation standards, quality assurance methodologies, and guideline governance.
Experience designing documentation that supports scalable, high-quality human evaluation processes.

Responsibilities

Translate complex and ambiguous program requirements into clear, concise, and easy-to-follow rater guidelines.
Design comprehensive evaluation rubrics and scoring frameworks that enable consistent decision-making across a variety of AI tasks.
Review existing documentation to identify ambiguity, inconsistencies, contradictions, and coverage gaps, then revise guidelines to improve clarity and usability.
Convert subject-matter requirements from domains such as finance, retail, insurance, legal, and sports into structured evaluation instructions that non-domain raters can apply confidently.
Collaborate with research teams, program managers, and subject matter experts to maintain consistency across multiple guideline sets.
Develop documentation that addresses edge cases, exceptions, and complex evaluation scenarios while minimizing reviewer escalation.