Posted:3 hours ago
By:Hiring Kenya
Company Details
Industry:
Telecommunications
Description:
Sama formerly known as Samasource is a training-data company, focusing on annotating data for artificial intelligence algorithms. The company offers image, video and sensor data annotation and validation for machine learning algorithms in industries including automotive, navigation, augmented reality, virtual reality, biotechnology, agriculture, manufacturing, and e-commerce. Sama's mission is to expand opportunity for low-income individuals through the digital economy. One of the first organizations to engage in impact sourcing, Sama trains workers in basic computer skills and pays a local living wage for their labor.
Job Description
About the role:
We are looking for highly skilled AI Evaluators to support the development of advanced AI tools for grammar correction and proofreading. This project focuses on creating a rich and diverse dataset of written Italian text, annotated and corrected by humans.
Responsibilities:
- Respond to a set of prompts simulating realistic business or casual communication.
- Write clear, plausible short texts (3–4 sentences for business settings, 1–2 sentences for casual chat).
- Generate responses with intentional but realistic grammar, spelling, and structural errors.
- Review annotated message pairs (input text + corrected/proofread version) to ensure:
- All grammar/spelling/preposition/punctuation errors are corrected appropriately
- Meaning is preserved between input and corrected text
- Error types are classified correctly
- Explanations are clear and linguistically sound
Qualifications:
- Italian as a first language - C1 Italian proficiency
- English as a second language - B2 English proficiency.
- Ability to follow linguistic and situational writing prompts.
- Good written communication and creativity.
- 2 years working experience in a corporate/ business environment.
- 1 year working experience working as an AI Evaluator, data annotator, or similar role
- Strong computer literacy and fast, accurate typing skills are essential for navigating annotation tools and maintaining efficiency in text-based tasks.
- Strong logic, intuitive problem-solving and critical thinking; adaptability to the needs of the task. The candidate needs to be open-minded and welcome different viewpoints or solutions.
- Proactiveness, confidence to work independently without constant support. Reliability and being able to make good decisions on their own.
- Be a thought partner to delivery managers, input into the project delivery strategies, and share quality best practices to aid in achieving the project goals.
- Adapt quickly to evolving guidelines, new task types, and AI model updates in a fast-paced, iterative environment. Access to your own laptop for work
Preferred Qualifications:
C1 or C2 English preferred
- Experience working with NLP/GenAI models is a plus
Salary: Discuss During Interview
Education: Diploma
Employment Type: Contract Based
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