Finnish Language Expert

About the Role

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Finnish Language Specialist (SME) to review AI-generated Finnish content and/or create high-quality Finnish reference content, evaluating language quality and step-by-step reasoning while providing precise written feedback.

Responsibilities

• Assess outputs for accuracy, fluency, grammar, spelling, tone, cultural appropriateness, and adherence to the prompt
• Identify errors in meaning, mistranslation, register (formal vs informal), ambiguity, and logical consistency
• Fact-check claims when needed
• Write high-quality rewrites and model answers that demonstrate best practices in Finnish writing
• Rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and overall quality
• Develop AI Training Content: Create prompts and gold-standard Finnish answers across multiple domains (general knowledge, customer support, education, conversational writing)
• Optimize AI Performance: Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve fluency, correctness, tone match, and cultural appropriateness
• Ensure Model Integrity: Detect unsafe or misleading content, factual hallucinations, bias, and policy-risk language; validate reliability across use cases

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Finnish/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
• Native or near-native Finnish proficiency (reading and writing required)
• Strong professional proficiency in English (minimum C1) to follow guidelines and provide detailed feedback in English
• 3+ years of professional experience in writing, editing, localization, translation, content QA, journalism, education, or related language-focused work
• Deep understanding of Finnish grammar and style (case system, word order, compounds, punctuation, and register)—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it
• Comfortable handling multiple registers (formal/informal), "selkokieli" vs standard Finnish when required, and audience adaptation (Finland vs global users)
• High attention to detail when spotting subtle meaning shifts, awkward literal translations, hallucinated claims, or culturally mismatched phrasing
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones

Preferred Skills

• Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, translation QA, editorial QA, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred