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Indonesian Language Expert

SME Careers · Idaho, United States · 1 wk ago
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Key Responsibilities

  • Create prompts and gold-standard Indonesian answers across multiple domains (general knowledge, customer support, education, conversational writing).
  • Evaluate and rank AI outputs to improve fluency, correctness, tone match, and cultural appropriateness.
  • Detect unsafe or misleading content, factual hallucinations, bias, and policy-risk language; validate reliability across use cases.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Indonesian/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
  • Native or near-native Indonesian 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 Indonesian grammar, spelling conventions (EYD/PUEBI), punctuation, and style—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.
  • Comfortable handling multiple registers (formal/informal), Indonesian business writing norms, and slang usage only when appropriate to audience and platform.
  • 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.
  • Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, translation QA, editorial QA, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.

Qualifications

Your profile should include:

  • A Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Linguistics, Indonesian/English Literature, Communications, Journalism, Translation, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
  • Native or near-native Indonesian 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.
  • A deep understanding of Indonesian grammar, spelling conventions (EYD/PUEBI), punctuation, and style—able to explain why something is wrong and how to fix it.
  • Comfortable handling multiple registers (formal/informal), Indonesian business writing norms, and slang usage only when appropriate to audience and platform.
  • A high attention to detail when spotting subtle meaning shifts, awkward literal translations, hallucinated claims, or culturally mismatched phrasing.
  • A reliable, self-directed, and consistent quality delivery in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.
  • Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, translation QA, editorial QA, or rubric-based evaluation is strongly preferred.

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