Bilingual Computational Linguist (English & Spanish)

CloudFactory

3h

About The Position

CloudFactory is seeking a bilingual computational linguist to create and validate high-quality language training data for AI models. The role applies linguistic analysis to English and Spanish, supports speech-data annotation, and develops learner-focused grammar explanations, vocabulary tasks, and lesson outlines informed by real-world language use, corpus data, and annotation findings. This is a 1099 independent contractor engagement for 10–20 hours per week, initially lasting three months with the potential for extension.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in linguistics, computational linguistics, or NLP.
• Demonstrated expertise in semantics and morphosyntax.
• Native or near-native English proficiency (CEFR C2).
• Native or near-native Spanish proficiency (CEFR C2).

Nice To Haves

• Master's or PhD in linguistics, computational linguistics, or NLP.
• Expertise in semantics and morphosyntax applied to corpus linguistics or NLP annotation work.
• Experience with language data annotation, corpus tagging, or AI/ML training data projects.

Responsibilities

• Disambiguate word- and phrase-level meaning to build high-quality training data for AI language models.
• Apply morphosyntactic and semantic analysis to tag and validate grammar concepts.
• Distinguish read-aloud speech from spontaneous speech to support speech-data annotation.
• Write linguistically rigorous and useful grammar explanations for learners.
• Design vocabulary tasks grounded in real usage patterns.
• Shape lesson outlines reflecting actual English usage and informed by corpus and annotation data.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time