English Language Expert (India)

Role Title: English Language Expert (India)

Role Type: Contractor

Location: India, Remote

micro1 is engaging English Language Experts (India) to contribute linguistic and cultural expertise to a dynamic customer project. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input.

Scope of Work

1. Listen to multi-speaker conversational audio recordings, identifying and tagging key speaker and audio metadata such as dialect, accent, audio quality, background noise, age, and speaking style.
2. Annotate and correct first-pass ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) transcripts, ensuring precise application of Indian English spelling, usage, and conventions.
3. Utilize your knowledge of Indian regional accents, shaped by the mother tongues and regional varieties across the country, including Hindi-influenced English, Tamil English, Telugu English, Malayalam English, Bengali English, Marathi English, Gujarati English, Punjabi English, and Kannada English, to accurately identify and categorize dialectal features.
4. Apply your knowledge of Indian English vocabulary, idioms, slang, code-switching (such as Hinglish), and spelling to enhance the linguistic accuracy of project data.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Native or near-native proficiency in Indian English, with a keen understanding of regional dialects and cultural nuances.
2. Background in linguistics, English teaching, language studies, or a related discipline.
3. Prior experience in transcription, language annotation, or corpus development is highly valued.
4. Strong written and verbal communication skills — clarity, accuracy, and attention to detail are essential.
5. Ability to provide constructive feedback, explain linguistic decisions, and adapt to evolving project goals.
6. Proficiency in using digital tools for language tasks, such as transcription software or annotation platforms.
7. Passion for language innovation and an interest in contributing to advancements in AI-driven language technology.